February 2021

Sainsbury's-owned Argos is preparing to offshore the work of its Milton Keynes-based digital team to Mumbai, India, having determined its contractors to be working inside IR35, Computer Weekly has reported. The news comes at a time…

Whole families and households with primary school, secondary school and college-age children, including childcare and support bubbles, will be able to get a COVID-19 test twice every week at home as schools return from 8 March. "Tests…

Free trials for SaaS startups have their benefits, but at some point, you have to spot when big enterprise might be getting one over on you, according to Itxaso del Palacio, a partner at Notion Capital, a venture capital firm that invests…

The HMRC has said that it will identify and correct non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules by using a 'robust risk assessment'. The tax body says it will identify and target the areas where hiring companies ('customers') are…

Stamp duty may well be the "worst tax on the UK’s statute books" and it might be high time the government "abolished" it, proposed a data analyst with the Centre for Policy Studies. Jethro Elsden a data analyst and an author of a…

Baby boomers and Gen X are piling into Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to Nigel Green, market observer and CEO of independent financial advisory firm deVere Group. A global poll of clients aged over 55 found that 70% of…

British drivers will avoid an estimated £50 a year increase in motor insurance costs as the government confirms it plans to do away with the controversial EU ‘Vnuk’ law, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced. Government…

Some French chateaus and manor houses are coming in less expensive than the average sale price of a London home, so it is worth a look. The benefits of remote working have granted many people across the UK the flexibility and…

Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer and The Institute of Directors (IoD) have something in common. They are both calling to put entrepreneurs at the heart of the recovery, and avoid damaging tax hikes. However, just days after the…

The 'Uber' Supreme Court case judgment Aslam & Farrar v Uber if tested wider could instigate a major shakeup of the UK's freelancer and contractor economy. Potentially, a welcome one for independent workers, that is if they retain…