Contractor UK18h
Contractors on a biometric residence permit risk folding their umbrella company
Contract workers must adjust to BRPs and ‘clipped’ no longer being acceptable RTW proof (even if you may feel like a second-class job-seeker).
Contractor UK1d
Why umbrella company regulation proposals will backfire
A payroll tax liability-responsibility shift from umbrellas to agencies dangerously throws the baby out with the bathwater. It must be stopped.
Contractor UK2d
IT contractor jobs market in February took ‘turn’ for the better
Although still in the red, freelance tech hiring shows ‘improvements,’ finely balanced on next Wednesday’s Spring Statement 2025.
Contractor UK8d
Labour’s naïve umbrella regulation plan uses a bulldozer to crack a nut
Off-target. Opaque. Overly complicating an already complicated landscape. Spring Statement must scrap or shelve ‘deemed employer.’ ...
Contractor UK7d
Contractors, run a free payslip audit to check your umbrella company is upstanding
LITRG: As part of helping the unrepresented be informed, we’re calling in technology to automate your next deductions double-check.
Contractor UK9d
Labour replies to ‘Tackling umbrella company non-compliance’, but stops short of clarity
Four umbrella regulation areas get opened up, next to two new points, and one very uncertain part with potentially ‘huge impact.’ ...
Contractor UK6d
HMRC off-payroll update: What new IR35 research from the taxman isn’t telling you
An off-payroll rules update by HMRC is far from the full story. But the subtext is clear – the reformed IR35 rules aren’t going anywhere.
Contractor UK13d
Will the McCann Loan Charge Review step outside itself to defy the biased, half-baked, narrow exercise Labour wants?
My hope is the former HMRC inspector makes huge adjustments to scrutinise a scandal that this government cynically wants him to avoid looking properly into at all.