Not all umbrellas are equal. Two with no written contracts, with ‘their’ workers or their client, and which didn’t actually ...

FCSA has expelled MyPay after HMRC’s winding-up petition, but the umbrella still claims accreditation. An ex-HMRC inspector says steer clear, the REC urges caution, and APSCo tells agencies to ...

HMRC reckoned no other impacts of JSL had been identified. Compliant small umbrellas squeezed off agency PSLs tell a different story, as does the growing number of live petitions by the taxman, and ...

Robert Walters’ Jason King sets chancellor John Healey three Budget 2026 tasks to boost IT contractor hiring: fund AI skills, ...

Winners and judges react after the 2026 Contracting Awards in London, where several of last year’s victors successfully defended their titles, the first AI award was handed out, and one broker made it ...

Don’t expect an IR35 rewrite on October 28th, say SG Accounting and Bright Ideas. Instead, brace for a tech-led HMRC (Caroola ...

With Churchill Knight’s tribunal due in November and one contractor facing an alleged £52,700 bill, a former HMRC specialist tests the ‘cruel’ claim, in a world of nuance and non-hypotheticals.

UK demand for contract IT skills climbed in August 2026, growing for the second month in a row despite the seasonally quiet time, and to its greatest buoyancy since April 2023, says the REC. The ...

“I knew it was a loan.” It is an important admission in the increasingly complicated dispute over historic contractor loan recalls. Not every contractor now facing demands relating to old remuneration ...

When I set up my limited company, I put my home address on the form and didn't think about it again. Nobody mentioned it might matter. I just wanted the paperwork done so I could start working. What I ...

Why does the wording of Andrew Griffith’s IR35 pledge matter? The wording is deliberate, and it’s the most direct pledge that a Conservative shadow chancellor has made on IR35 in recent years.