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Far from thawing out the threshold freeze we’ve all suffered since 2022/23, Reeves is tipped to soon leave even more of your ...
A commitment to consult ‘by the end of this year’ may reassure contractors, but not those who've been pinning their hopes on Single Worker Status.
It’s time to turn the page on the CV, as a rewrite won’t cut it. It’s a medieval innovation that’s no longer innovating.
This government must resist labelling status ‘too difficult to fix,’ and in the process, clear up IR35 nonsense.
Hopes now rest with Autumn Budget following the third-lowest score for IT contractors in 2025, which isn’t due to a ‘summer slowdown,’ but is, conversely, amid a ‘sunnier outlook.' ...
Integrating flexible talent with AI expertise, ahead of merging internal and external teams, is now considered the key to building a high-performance workforce.
None of us ever appears quite as we hope, particularly if you miss this Wednesday’s webinar and then get checked out via ‘LinkedIn Recruiter.’ ...
Yes, employers’ liability insurance is a legal requirement in the UK. As soon as you hire your first employee, you must have ...
Two pages, three pages, how about 28 pages? Although it’s horses for courses there’ll be a sweet spot, just for you.
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IR35 became law in 2000, and is another name for the off-payroll working rules. IR35 affects all contractors who do not meet HMRC’s definition of self-employed.