One of the greatest obstacles if you’re a contractor, recruiter or end client that engages with contractors, is dealing with…
Operating through a Personal Service Company (PSC) and working outside IR35 provides contractors with a wealth of benefits. For instance,…
Since the IR35 reforms came into effect in 2021, most contractors will no longer be responsible for their own IR35…
The tools you work with are an essential part of your business and likely one of the biggest investments you’ve…
It’s a situation every tradesperson dreads: your client isn’t happy with the result of your hard work. Mistakes and misunderstandings…
Running a business can be expensive, with the cost of tools, vehicles, employees, tax, insurance and more, all piling up!…
There’s a reason every company you interact with these days is desperate for you to leave your feedback: reviews are…
You may not have heard of the term “scope creep”, but if you’ve been running a business for any length…
There are several reasons why, as a contractor, you might decide to close down your limited company. It could be…
There are lots of reasons to love the recruitment business, and if you think you’ve hit on the right career…
IR35, officially referred to as the “off-payroll working” rules have been making life more complicated for contractors, recruiters and their…
Networking has changed a lot over the years. While face-to-face networking is still an incredibly important aspect of relationship-building for…
In recent months, two reports into the implementation of the IR35 tax reforms have been released: IFF HMRC Research Report…
Getting your contractors ready to go as soon as that job comes in is one of the key aims of…
Two years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, we’re only just starting to really process the impact it…
How quickly a year has passed! It seems like only a few months ago we were drumming hard for the…
IR35 insurance and Legal Expenses has become a regular part of business insurance for many contractors since the introduction of…
If you’re new to contracting, or have been taking a bit of a break, you may not be up to…
On Wednesday 23rd March, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered the Spring statement 2022. This will be followed…
In a world dominated by digital, having your own website is becoming essential for contractors. It’s a great way for…
New contractors – and even veteran contractors, for that matter – are often a bit baffled by employers’ liability insurance.…
As an accountancy firm, you handle a lot of extremely sensitive data and if that data got into the wrong…
As a self-employed person, you know the meaning of ‘famine or feast’. One month you’re riding high on a huge…
We get why end-clients and recruiters are tempted to use HMRC’s CEST tool. We really do. It’s easily accessible, quick…
Last month we looked at ways to make the most of your LinkedIn profile as a contractor, giving you tips…
For some professions, becoming a sole trader is a much more common option than being a limited company contractor if…
Chances are, one of the reasons you became a contractor was to have more control over your working life: being…
One of the banes of being an employee is seeing an advert for a job that you know you could…
With more of us heading back into the office regularly, we are having to readjust to the ways we used…
If 2021 was the year of big changes for IR35 off-payroll legislation, 2022 will be the year of ensuring ongoing…
Kingsbridge Group, the UK’s leading provider of specialist insurance services to skilled contractors, freelancers and the recruitment industry, announced today…
As an accountant, you want to keep up with the latest developments in the sector as well as planned changes…
As pretty much all contractors will know by now – and if you don’t, where have you been? – the…
Presenter and journalist Adrian Chiles has reportedly won his IR35 appeal against HMRC, after undergoing years of protracted HMRC investigation…
If you are studying for or seeking to start your engineering career in the not-too-distant-future, you may have been giving…
Most of us have a LinkedIn profile sitting there, but an awful lot of us just use it as a…
Today, Friday the 11th of February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The annual awareness day…
If you decided to operate as a limited company contractor (as opposed to being a sole trader), then choosing a…
