Does top rate of tax affect umbrella company contractors?
The Treasury has estimated that the 50p rate of income tax will bring in an extra £12.6 billion over the next five years.
Are we going to see more female umbrella contractors?
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.
Will IT contractors lose their jobs to the cloud?
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.
What is going on with the Agency Workers Regulations?
The Daily Telegraph recently published a story suggesting that the Agency Workers Regulations may be watered down or even dropped.
Umbrella company contractors: time to check your CV!
Spelling and grammatical errors still abound on CVs according to a recent survey.
Will we see more graduates starting up a business?
Graduates struggling to find a full-time job after leaving university may decide that setting up their own business is an attractive alternative.
Mortgage Verification Scheme is launched to combat fraud
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.
Are UK business leaders effective?
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 umbrella companies prepared for pensions auto-enrolment?
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.
Will we always have a glass ceiling in the boardroom?
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.
UK economy second worst of the G7 nations
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.
RBS umbrella company contractors earn up to £2,000 a day
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!
