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Recruitment agencies: The government’s free recruitment service is coming for your business

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Nov 4, 2025

Free government competition, the April 2026 umbrella company liability bombshell, and a white-collar jobs crisis. Welcome to recruitment in 2025/26. Here's what you need to know and how to prepare The government has launched a major…

Natural Resources Wales’ £17.6m IR35 bill triggers blanket ban on limited company contractors

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Oct 27, 2025

NRW: We’re no longer using off-payroll contractors and …we shouldn’t in the future.” Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has implemented a permanent ban on engaging off-payroll contractors. This move raises serious concerns about the…

Contractor expert: HMRC’s worker status survey “biased” against self-employed and impeding…

Katherine Steiner-Dicks May 29, 2025

HMRC's latest worker status survey, designed by its own experts, has been slammed as "biased" and "ineffective" by legal and insurance specialists, revealing a concerning disconnect between the taxman's understanding of self-employment and…

Freelancer wins case against unlawful deductions made by recruiter

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Jan 9, 2025

Tribunal ruling could encourage more inside IR35 limited company freelancers to reclaim unlawful Employer's National Insurance Contributions THIS ARTICLE WAS UPDATED AT 14:00 ON 09.01.25 A social worker engaged by the Home Office has…

This is how Managed Service Companies target uninformed and unsuspecting freelancers

Staff Reporter Nov 27, 2024

Freelancers face potentially devastating tax bills due to complex "Managed Service Company" rules HMRC has issued a stark warning to freelancers, contractors, and consultants about the dangers of "Managed Service Companies" (MSCs).…

Umbrella companies will no longer be “legally” responsible for operating PAYE payments

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Oct 30, 2024

The UK government has announced a major shake-up of the temporary labour market, aiming to tackle widespread tax avoidance within the umbrella company sector and improve conditions for workers. Legislation will be introduced that will…

Why is it becoming so taxing to be self-employed?

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Apr 6, 2024

Millions of self-employed will be affected by the tax-free dividend allowance cut made this month and what could be yet another year of job insecurity and unnecessary economic risk posed by IR35 and an unregulated umbrella industry From…

HMRC CEST tool reportedly “misaligned with the law”

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Mar 25, 2024

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED Freelancers face a potential tax timebomb, thanks to a recent revelation about HMRC's CEST tool. However, not all IR35 and Off-Payroll experts believe the HMRC is in the wrong A Freedom of Information…

Maley: government must “wake up” and support self-employment to beat UK cost of living…

Staff Reporter Aug 16, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT Contractor specialists and even some Tory MPs are calling for more government support when it comes to encouraging people into self-employment to make ends meet and boost the economy Personal finance and property…

IR35 mismanagement threatens UK’s £3.5bn plan to become tech ‘superpower’

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Apr 21, 2023

Trade unionists and freelance service providers call out the government on the mismanagement of IR35, its stifling impact on tech companies and the freelancers they desperately need to grow After British trade unionist Mick Lynch…

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