Not seeking a repeal of the OPW rules is a wasted opportunity. And since 2017, the UK has known plenty about ‘wasted opportunity’ — by leaving its contractor workforce shackled.

Complete 2025 guide for contractors working through umbrella companies. From costs to compliance, everything you need to know.

Complete 2025 guide for contractors working abroad. From visas to tax compliance and country-specific requirements.

The hopes last October when the government announced that there would be another loan charge review were high, following the promise made by Rachel Reeves when in opposition. However, the hopes were ...

I am working with a consultancy feeding into a public sector end client on the lookout for an SC cleared cloud technical Architect to join a 6 month project. Inside IR35 1/2x a week on-site in ...

For all the uncertainty created by facing a Budget when a ‘discussion document’ on IR35 is unanswered by the government, and overdue for that answer, there is one IR35 issue that contractors can rely ...

Aside to much poorer payment terms, public sector contractors under the Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) Framework are also now carrying a significant increase in commercial-business risk, writes an ...

Life as a contractor isn’t easy so it’s only natural that from time to time many will consider permanent employment, writes IT contractor Matt Searle, an IPSE director. As a contractor, you don’t know ...

Where Rachel Reeves can prove next month that the government finally understands what the UK’s flexible workforce needs to thrive.

In fact, the insolvency market has its own dark web of insolvency 'advisers' and business rescue 'experts' with no credentials and limited technical expertise, offering unqualified company closure ...

From April 2026, new HMRC rules mean that if an umbrella company manipulates your tax, the liability for any unpaid tax, in most cases, should fall on the recruitment agency (or sometimes the ...