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Retirement scrapped? Self-employed need to get their financial act together, according to new report
If the UK's self-employed do not start saving and investing for their retirement they will be working out their twilight days working, rather than relaxing. This is the stark reality revealed in a new report.
The proportion of…
Energy suppliers required to offer emergency credit for struggling customers
Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, has confirmed plans to strengthen protections for customers who are struggling to pay their energy bills this winter. Following a consultation in June, Ofgem is introducing new licence rules for…
Full Employment Alliance formed as Wales prepares for lockdown; Gordon Brown calls for ‘wage…
An Alliance for Full Employment, encompassing all regions and nations of the United Kingdom, has been formed to fight for nationwide economic recovery policies that claims can prevent rapidly-rising redundancies and unemployment.
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Childcare bubbles – what’s allowed in tier 2 lockdown?
With half-term for most schools set to start next week, and with news that London, Essex, York, Chesterfield and parts of Surrey, Derbyshire and Cumbria are to join tier 2 lockdown from midnight Friday, parents are scrambling to find…
Taxman sends letters to 24K who may have made false SEISS claims, says report
HMRC has written to 24,000 people who may have falsely claimed on the government's coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, The FT Advisor has reported.
The HM Revenue & Customs paid out £7.8bn to the 2.7m self-employed…
Backlash over HMGov ‘Fatima’ ballerina re-skill ad as PM Johnson rejects three million…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the Commons on Monday: “The self-employed, which is a group that I think we all care about very much, have received so far £13.5 billion of support and we’ll continue to look after them as well.”
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Panto could be on this Christmas thanks to a group of crowdfunding freelancers creating a theatre in…
'There will be no panto this year - oh yes there will, oh no there won't - oh yes there will...' No, this isn't a Cabinet Office scuffle between PM Boris Johnson, chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, it…
Hiring companies & IR35: Does recent news mean that umbrella companies should not be used?
Recent reports that a final amendment to the IR35 legislation means that staffing companies or end-users, who rely on so-called umbrella companies to pay contingent workers, will technically become the "fee-payer".
In other words, the…
New research indicates NHS must ramp up rehab recruitment to cope with ‘Long COVID’…
The NHS will have to hire more than 1,000 new consultants, physios and counsellors to treat patients with the lingering and sometimes life-threatening 'side effects' of COVID-19, a new report presented by Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of…
Inside IR35 – Are contractors paying over the odds to indirectly cover ENI and umbrella…
Limited company contractors may need to look to smaller companies and startups for future work so that they can determine their own destiny, ensure their correct IR35 status, and avoid weekly umbrella company fees they cannot afford. The…