A foreshadowing of JSL that emphasises the purpose of the April 2026 rules also appears to reveal when a penalty isn’t truly a penalty.

The contracting world is no stranger to complex employment arrangements, but fresh revelations have exposed a sneaky practice that is raising eyebrows and sparking debate -- Hybrid Model Contracts.

Freelance tech staff forecasts are up, but the chancellor’s ‘kicking’ and her possibly incoming ‘car crash’ are keeping temporary IT billings down. And dwindling.

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There's always room for innovation and reinventing the wheel, but let's take a step back and apply some common sense here — if the CV is truly dead, where is the clamour to replace it? And not to put ...

When insolvency experts like us wind up recruitment companies, it’s proactivity that often separates the paid from the unpaid.

If you need to send a formal payment request to a bust recruitment agency — or any other commercial debtor — you can use this free payment template below as a basis for an email or hard-copy postal ...

The government has declined to back calls by the Lords to set up a Freelance Commissioner. The Freelancer Commissioner would have been a statutory office, unlike Labour's current commitment to a ...

The chancellor is reportedly looking at raising the VAT registration threshold at Autumn Budget 2025 to £100,000 to boost small business growth and reduce VAT compliance burden. The move by Rachel ...

Not before time according to some, ministers have confirmed that the UK government will publish a consultation on simplifying the employment status framework by the end of 2025. Depending on where ...

After several years of Boox and Churchill Knight (CK) contractors waiting patiently, there is finally some positive news in the shape of their test cases under the Managed Service Company legislation ...

It’s difficult to think of a worse time to look at imposing legislation to make recruitment agencies liable to HMRC for any PAYE and NIC shortfall from their umbrella company partners. Agencies are ...