Rigour mortis will surely set into the umbrella industry before April 6th 2026 -- potentially the point of death for umbrellas as we know them today.

Demand for IT contractors fell in October 2024 to its lowest level since July 2022, REC figures show. The figures mean IT contractor demand has not been lower since the economy tentatively reopened ...

There’s no final bill or liability admission. But the Welsh government agency set up to sustainably manage the environment clearly didn’t manage off-payroll worker status properly.

The definitive guide to eight ‘easy target’ areas the Labour chancellor is hitting to raise many extra billions.

A day looks like a long time in leaky Budget politics, or so suggests the global market reaction to Rachel Reeves being at the helm.

Due to an announcement at Autumn Budget 2024 on October 30th 2024, business owners face some important changes regarding the tax rate that is applied in a Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL). There ...

Rachel Reeves today hit both umbrella and limited company contractors at Autumn Budget 2024, as part of a £40billion tax raid. In her budget speech, the chancellor said the government would move ...

Buried in the raft of revenue-raising measures announced at Autumn Budget 2024 was one seemingly rather small change -- the rate of interest on tax paid late to HMRC is going up by 1.5 percentage ...

A little something is going on in the House of Commons today that stands to affect contractors. But it’s possible that the new Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill-- published on October 10th, ...