A seemingly out-of-the-blue government pledge to “support the self-employed” is something we think all UK contractors can get behind, even if it’s been sounded mainly about Britain’s creative ...

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The Contracting Awards 2024 are to be held on November 13th 2024 -- and officially opened for entries on Friday. Now in their fifth year, the awards recognise suppliers in the contracting industry who ...

Keeping ‘business’ separate from ‘personal’ is among the main points of the darts pro who’s been disqualified.

Recruiters (or the end client, should there be no staffing business in the chain) will be on the radar of HMRC if there are more significant issues, such as those related to ongoing contractual ...

A rethink by end-hirers on how to structure and allocate resources bodes well for IT contractors, says staffing giant Robert Half.

The IT contractor jobs market climbs to an 18-month high, thanks to heftier employment costs and projects getting ‘cautious green lights.’ ...

He’s ‘not self-employed’ therefore he must be ‘a worker,’ said the Court of Appeal in the recent Pimlico Plumbers case., writes Adrian Marlowe, managing director of Lawspeed.. In reaching this ...

The hotly anticipated Budget 2018 is now only around the corner -- October 29th, the first Budget to be held on a Monday since 1962.. But that’s not the reason that most tax experts, service providers ...

What steps umbrella employees should take to prepare for the new ‘JSL’ legislation (includes some urgent actions if you’re using a tax avoidance scheme).

Last month’s announcement by Theresa May that a general election is to be held on June 8th could be the starting gun for some much-needed clarity on what the UK’s future relationship with the EU will ...

Umbrellas get to retain their ERN and continue PAYE operations, while recruiters still ‘bear the brunt,’ under an updated version of HMRC’s incoming legislation.