If you’re working as a consultant, freelancer, or a contractor looking to maximise your take home pay (and who isn’t, in this economy?), joining an umbrella company might be just the thing for getting you the most out of your freelance business.
When it comes to umbrella company contractors and permanent workers alike, the most resilient jobs market in the UK is in the Midlands, according to a new jobs report from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
Rapid growth has been predicted for Scotland’s energy industry, with the prospects for umbrella company freelancers and limited company contractors very good as a result, according to Scotland’s first minister.
IT contractor demand is still high in the North, with businesses operating across the border are demonstrating increased demand for the third consecutive month.
Recruitment efforts in the finance sector in the UK has been increasing at a steady basis, according to a new report, leading some experts to predict that contractors working for umbrella companies may be able to benefit from the increased hiring.
For one week this month, a team of contractors working with umbrella companies are banding together to promote freelancing in the UK with the new ‘7 Days in June’ project, it was recently reported.
Contractors with specialised manufacturing and green technology expertise could soon reap the benefits of a newly-approved plan to construct a wind turbine factory on the Isle of Sheppey, it was recently rported.
A webinar hosted last month by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation in order to gauge the impact on how workers and employers were approaching Agency Workers Regulations has borne fruit, with the more than 140 participants chiming in on issues such as managing information requests and calculating holiday entitlements.
After the recent revelations that a lot of Government contractors were avoiding tax by paying themselves through a personal service company, the Treasury has announced that all contractors earning more than £220 a day will have to pay the correct tax if they have been in a department for longer than 6 months.
The latest Purchasing Managers Index from the Bank of Scotland was published at the beginning of the week and umbrella company contractors should be able to take heart from the results.
The long awaited IR35 guidance was published on Wednesday. The guidance will enable contractors to determine if their contract is disguised employment or if they really are in business in their own right.
According to Randstad, British workers, including those who work through an umbrella company, are in danger of burning out.
IT contractors must embrace the cloud if they want to remain in demand, according to analysts Gartner.
Well that’s the Budget over and done with for another year. During Prime Minister’s Questions directly before the Chancellor’s speech, David Cameron joked that we were in for a kaleidoscope budget.
Umbrella company contractors will no doubt be aware that today is Budget Day. This is the day when we find out how the government intends to get people back into work and kick-start economic growth.
Umbrella company contractors may be interested to learn that the REC and KPMG have now introduced a regional Report on Jobs.
