Recruiters cautiously optimistic about recovery
Employers and recruiters are becoming more optimistic and their confidence levels have reached their highest level this year, which could benefit those working through umbrella companies.
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New MPs to review the agency workers directive
Contractors and freelancers with their own limited company, as well as interim workers who use the services of an umbrella company could soon discover exactly where they sit under the Agency Workers Directive.
Preparations continue ahead of the agency workers directive
Following it’s successful ‘on the road’ tour, the REC has stepped up it’s campaign to educate recruiters and clients about the impact of the forthcoming Agency Worker’s Directive.
Should umbrella companies be worried about a hung parliament?
The stock markets have already taken a battering over the last 48 hours and several leading economists have suggested than anything other than a Tory / Lib Dem coalition could have a devastating impact on the UK economy.
Income tax and national insurance rises will hit hard
Small businesses, limited company contractors and umbrella companies could be among those affected by a drop in confidence following the result of yesterday’s hung parliament election.
HMRC urged to go easy on late paying SMEs
According to a new report published by Begbies Traynor, nearly 200,000 small businesses in this country are still struggling financially, even though the UK is now officially out of recession.
Impact of national insurance rise could be exaggerated
According to the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), the proposed hike in employer’s national insurance contributions will have a relatively small impact on the permanent employment market in the UK.
GDP growth is good news for umbrella companies
Contractors, recruiters and umbrella companies across the country would have been pleased by the official growth rate figures, released yesterday. According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.2% during the first quarter of 2010.
Umbrella companies welcome action on illegal workers
Gordon Brown is going to strengthen the links between the Points Based System and training UK workers in a bid to fill the UK’s skills gap.
Recruiters and the umbrella company preferred supplier list
There has been a lot of talk in the recruitment media recently about the use of umbrella companies and their role in the freelance chain. Some say that recruiters couldn’t survive without them while others are a little less convinced.