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Is 2022 the year you move into contracting? With over 1.77 million working as full-time contractors, you will be in good company!

Whether you are contracting through your own limited company or working through our umbrella company, working for ...

A lot can happen in a year and not more so, perhaps, than in 2021; when coronavirus, UK-wide lockdowns and IR35 reforms made it the most challenging 12 months in living memory for the private sector’s flexible workforce.

There ...

In this article, we are reviewing the current legal framework for calculating holiday entitlement for agency workers, and considering the particular challenges which this presents to umbrella companies (as well as possible solutions). As well as this, we will consider ...

A Statement of Work (SoW) is an agreement between two businesses that typically defines key deliverables to be achieved. This will then be used to make a project satisfactorily completed and then will result in payment. They do not replace ...

The majority of umbrella companies in the UK operate ethically and honestly, ensuring that all statutory deductions are made and that the contractor is being paid the accurate amount. However, many businesses have “hijacked” the term “umbrella company” and have ...

An umbrella company is a company that contractors can join as an alternative to setting up and working through their own limited company.

When a contractor joins an umbrella company, they become their employee. The umbrella acts as an ...

Learning to manage your finances as a freelancer can often be overwhelming.

According to Micro Biz Magazine, there were over 2 million freelancers working in the UK in 2020, with more joining . If you’re thinking about joining this ...

With 1.4M Brits choosing the freelance route, it’s become an increasingly popular alternative to the “traditional” career route. There are a multitude of reasons why a freelance career has increased by 14% over the last decade, but the biggest one ...

It’s been almost three months since the IR35 reform was introduced in the private sector, which saw medium and large businesses take responsibility for determining the IR35 status of contractors. With liability shifting from the contractor to the fee-paying ...

It was reported this month that a tribunal judge had dismissed an IT contractor’s appeal against an IR35-related £70,000 tax bill for a second time.

Robert Lee, who worked as a contractor for Nationwide Building Society under the company name ...