The latest news affecting umbrella companies in the UK. Featuring HMRC, the Agency Workers Directive, the 2003 Agency Regulations, and IR35.
The Treasury has estimated that the 50p rate of income tax will bring in an extra £12.6 billion over the next five years.
Does top rate of tax affect umbrella company contractors? » Read the full story
As public sector redundancies really start to bite, more women public sector workers could be tempted to go it alone and either set up their own business or become an umbrella company contractor.
Are we going to see more female umbrella contractors? » Read the full story
Some umbrella company IT contractors may think that there services will no longer be required if the company they are contracted to switches to cloud computing, but this is not necessarily the case.
Will IT contractors lose their jobs to the cloud? » Read the full story
The Daily Telegraph recently published a story suggesting that the Agency Workers Regulations may be watered down or even dropped.
What is going on with the Agency Workers Regulations? » Read the full story
Spelling and grammatical errors still abound on CVs according to a recent survey.
Umbrella company contractors: time to check your CV! » Read the full story
Graduates struggling to find a full-time job after leaving university may decide that setting up their own business is an attractive alternative.
Will we see more graduates starting up a business? » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors looking for a mortgage may be interested to hear that HMRC and mortgage lenders have got together and launched the Mortgage Verification Scheme aimed at reducing mortgage fraud.
Mortgage Verification Scheme is launched to combat fraud » Read the full story
Umbrella contractors may be interested to learn that the standard of leadership in UK organisations is in the spotlight following the publication of research from the CIPD and talent management consultancy, DDI.
Are UK business leaders effective? » Read the full story
Last week, the REC responded to the inquiry into workplace pension automatic enrolment, highlighting the challenges the reforms will pose for recruitment agencies that place temporary workers.
Are umbrella companies prepared for pensions auto-enrolment? » Read the full story
Sage, the business software company has discovered that more than 50% of small businesses think there is still a glass ceiling for women in the workplace.
Will we always have a glass ceiling in the boardroom? » Read the full story
The OECD has reported that the UK economy grew by a mere 0.7% in the last year, making it the second worst performing economy in the G7 nations. Only Japan’s economy performed worse than ours and it had the earthquake and tsunami to contend with.
UK economy second worst of the G7 nations » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors might be concerned to learn that recruiter Hays made a rather embarrassing gaffe last week when one of its employees sent an email to staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland disclosing the pay rate of RBS contractors!
RBS umbrella company contractors earn up to £2,000 a day » Read the full story
A lack of internships and entry-level jobs could lead to a lost generation of graduates, HR directors are warning.
Are we losing a generation of graduates? » Read the full story
Umbrella contractors may be interested to learn that the government recently disclosed the locations of the remaining 13 English Enterprise Zones that it hopes will help kick-start economic growth.
Government announces 13 remaining Enterprise Zones » Read the full story
New research from the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks shows that an increasing number of older Brits are foregoing retirement and setting up a business instead.
Rise in number of older Brits starting a business » Read the full story
The latest London Employment Monitor from Morgan McKinley shows that there was a 10% month-on-month decline in the number of new City jobs last month.
Bad news for umbrella company contractors in the City » Read the full story
