In a nutshell, your CV is a company’s first impression of you; they’re looking at you through the peephole, but they don’t know whether or not to let you in yet. So in a nutshell here’s a very simple guide to writing a CV. What you need to include: Personal information, including your…
HMRC is finally utilising the tools at their disposal in their inquiry into Churchill Knight1 and the repercussions of the investigation could be huge; potentially affecting every agency and end client within their supply chain. The legislation to remove the tax advantage offered by using Managed Service Companies (MSCs) was implemented in 2007 but until…
Recruitment Consultants are continuing to put themselves and their employers at serious risk by using evasive payroll providers. During a webinar on 1st March 2022, discussion focused on how HMRC can use the Criminal Finances Act 2017 to investigate and prosecute organisations involved in facilitating tax evasion. Recruiters are especially at risk of such prosecution…
As the UK enters the final stages of the Government’s roadmap out of the pandemic, working life is beginning to return to normal. Employees working from home are now being encouraged to come back into their place of work and will therefore no longer be supported by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). For some,…
The murky world of loan schemes is getting a whole lot murkier with a new breed of dodgy loan schemes. Contractors need to make sure their umbrella company provider is not actually a loan scheme in disguise.
It’s an inevitability of temporary work that contracts come to an end. This leaves contractors with a simple choice more often than not. Find a brand new contract to work or look at potentially securing contract renewals. The latter option here obviously totally depends on whether you and the end client actually wish to continue…
A key topic of debate in recent months has focused on whether growth in contracting will continue after further IR35 reform. Unless you have been living under a rock, you will probably have noticed significant growth in the contracting and gig economy within the UK.
Umbrella companies play an important role in helping huge numbers of contract workers to retain the flexibility of temporary locum work, but with the benefits of employment. Here we tackle some of the most common umbrella company myths in circulation.
In April 2020 previous changes to IR35 will be extended to effect workers in the private sector too. It is not too difficult to predict the outcomes of this extension into the private sector. Not only can you predict the outcome you can start to make preparations now to protect yourself from the fall out of this.
The Loan Charge which was brought into force from April 2019 by HMRC has rightfully received a lot attention lately for the enormous impact it is having in the contracting world. If lessons are not learnt then contractors will continue to fall foul of these schemes time and time again.