The latest news affecting umbrella companies in the UK. Featuring HMRC, the Agency Workers Directive, the 2003 Agency Regulations, and IR35.
HMRC should focus on detecting genuine cases of disguised employment rather than jumping to the conclusion that all freelancers are subject to IR35 rules, according to the REC.
David Gauke states his commitment to overhauling IR35 » Read the full story
54% of senior IT decision makers use IT staffing specialists when it comes to hiring new employees, according to IT recruiter Modis International.
Why don’t senior IT decision makers use social media? » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors will no doubt be relieved to learn that confidence is improving amongst small business owners.
Employers are still keen to make use of contractors » Read the full story
Lawspeed, the recruitment law specialist firm, claims there could be a conflict of interest between HR and finance departments when the Agency Workers Regulations are enforced in October this year.
The Agency Workers Regulations are causing concern for umbrella companies » Read the full story
Figures released last Wednesday showed a 0.5% increase in GDP in the first quarter of 2011. This balanced out the drop of 0.5% in the final quarter of last year, which was blamed on the abnormal weather we saw in December.
Marginal GDP rise takes us back to where we were 6 months ago » Read the full story
Accountants claim that HMRC is adopting threatening behaviour towards innocent tax payers and umbrella company contractors in a bid to gather in more income.
Innocent taxpayers threatened by HMRC debt collectors » Read the full story
Umbrella companies that have been using Employee Benefit Trusts have been offered an amnesty by HMRC. This comes just months after the Revenue said it would be closing EBT schemes down.
Umbrella companies offered EBT amnesty by HMRC » Read the full story
IT umbrella company contractors will be relieved to hear that demand for IT professionals is still on the increase, according to the website CWJobs.
IT contractors are still very much in demand » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors may be interested to learn that gas fitters, heating engineers and plumbers will shortly be receiving letters from HMRC informing them of the opportunity to put right their tax affairs.
Plumbers have just one month to disclose tax history to HMRC » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors may be interested to learn that HMRC’s Real Time Information system is to go ahead, starting with a pilot scheme next year.
HMRC presses ahead with real time information scheme » Read the full story
The draft AWR guidance was issued at the beginning of April and interested parties were given two weeks to provide feedback.
ARC advice on AWR will help umbrella company contractors » Read the full story
As from October 2012, employers, including umbrella companies, will need to enrol their staff in a pensions scheme automatically.
REC plans pensions auto-enrolment workshop next month » Read the full story
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies recently held a think-tank meeting to give input into the coalition’s employment tribunal reform consultation.
Employers should not be fined for breaching employment law! » Read the full story
The chances of companies collapsing are increasing by the month, according to a new study from RSM Tenon.
Are umbrella companies at a high risk of insolvency? » Read the full story
Public sector financial crime is on the increase and, according to a new report from PwC, this is more likely to be an inside job than the work of an external criminal.
Increase in fraud amongst public sector workers » Read the full story
It would appear that people seeking executive jobs in the UK are not as confident that Britain is “open for business” as the Chancellor is.
Are we set for a “brain drain” of top executives? » Read the full story
