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How many umbrella company contractors are there in the UK workforce?

By UCHQ Team September 29, 2011

People Per Hour recently surveyed 9,000 businesses about their usage of freelancers and discovered that the number of businesses using flexible workers has risen by 68% in the last 12 months.

IR35 enquiries don’t seem to be bringing in the cash

By UCHQ Team September 28, 2011

Umbrella company contractors may be interested to learn that HMRC only yielded slightly over £200,000 last year from their enquiries into the IR35 status of self-employed workers.

Do umbrella company contractors have innovative ideas?

By UCHQ Team September 21, 2011

According to recent research by Orange, small businesses are asking all of their employees, including support staff, to come up with ideas for growing the business.

Is HMRC about to improve its service to contractors?

By UCHQ Team September 20, 2011

Umbrella company contractors and small business owners could be relieved to learn that HMRC intends to improve the level of service it supplies to taxpayers.

Nearly 75% of SMEs intend to start hiring

By UCHQ Team September 19, 2011

New data suggests that the UK’s small business owners are leading the country towards economic recovery.

Reducing non-EU umbrella company contractors could damage UK’s wealth

By UCHQ Team September 16, 2011

The Migration Advisory Committee has said the UK economy could be permanently damaged if the government persists in restricting immigration for skilled workers from outside the EU.

Global cybercrime costs businesses £172 billion a year

By UCHQ Team September 15, 2011

Umbrella company IT contractors could find themselves more in demand after Symantec revealed that global cybercrime is costing businesses £71.6 billion a year.

Does top rate of tax affect umbrella company contractors?

By UCHQ Team September 12, 2011

The Treasury has estimated that the 50p rate of income tax will bring in an extra £12.6 billion over the next five years.

Umbrella company contractors: time to check your CV!

By UCHQ Team September 7, 2011

Spelling and grammatical errors still abound on CVs according to a recent survey.

RBS umbrella company contractors earn up to £2,000 a day

By UCHQ Team August 30, 2011

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!

Bad news for umbrella company contractors in the City

By UCHQ Team August 25, 2011

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.