Umbrella company contractors may be interested to learn that Equifax, the information solutions provider, has revealed that the number of business failures has been increasing since the start of the new financial year.
Business failures have started to increase again » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors north of the border could be benefiting from increased private sector business activity.
Are contractors in Scotland finding more opportunities now? » Read the full story
Self-employed umbrellas seem to be the new “in thing” – it’s almost like umbrella companies around the country had a eureka moment all at once and decided to run a “new model” to catch everyone they couldn’t put through the typical PAYE umbrella.
Self-Employed Umbrella Companies » Read the full story
The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence monitor shows that business confidence is weakening but the economy is slowly improving.
Economy is improving, will business confidence follow suit? » Read the full story
The REC has been investigating anti-competitive behaviour by 7 recruitment businesses that operate in the construction sector and last Friday it revealed its findings.
Anti-competitive behaviour condemned by the REC » Read the full story
New data collected by a recruitment financer has revealed that the most deleterious effects of the global economic downturn are still to come for small and medium sized businesses.
Just waiting for the worst. It might be yet to come » Read the full story
Since the coalition came into power, umbrella company civil engineers have been enjoying an unexpected upswing in work.
Temporary workload upswing for umbrella company engineers » Read the full story
According to new figures published by IT service provider Syscap, the number of Time To Pay VAT requests rejected by HMRC has more than doubled in the first 3 months of 2010.
HMRC stand firm on late payments of VAT » Read the full story
