Simon Moore

A full list of winners from the seventh annual Contracting Awards.

The Intermediaries legislation of 2000 has made life ‘very, very difficult’ for contractors, so it too would be abolished with the OPW rules — Reform UK.

Following an attack by Nigel Farage on ‘weak Tory chancellors’ for leaving contractors ‘embattled by IR35,’ Richard Tice says it does indeed mean a Reform government would axe the HMRC rule.

Officials' insistence that digital ID cards will be internally resourced is not convincing analysts, agents, and trade bodies, who argue that IT contractors will inevitably be involved.

More updates than new entries on HMRC’s list is actually a good thing, not that the named necessarily feel shamed, say top tax advisers.

Mismanaging the off-payroll working rules lands the Welsh government environment agency with a still ‘staggering cost.’

The government response to Ray McCann’s HMRC loan charge findings will be published before or on November 26th, ‘a fiscal event.’

A minister’s underreported remarks have transformed Rachel Reeves’ fourth fiscal set piece into an event that will almost inevitably increase taxes for contractors.

Seasonal factors have helped the still-shrinking temporary IT jobs market move towards growth for the first time in four months.

Shadow business secretary vows to ‘look at reforming IR35’ if the Conservatives are returned to power.

JSL tipped to sit alongside the current list of avoiders, ‘tightening the taxman’s approach via deterrence and enforceable recovery.’

Freelance tech staff forecasts are up, but the chancellor’s ‘kicking’ and her possibly incoming ‘car crash’ are keeping temporary IT billings down. And dwindling.

Despite concerns over its independence and scope, the ‘Freelance Champion’ won’t face any competition in its role supporting IT contractors.

The government’s focus is firmly on umbrella companies, but ‘there’s still a lot on the table’ that chancellor Rachel Reeves could hit contractors with 12 weeks from now.

Contractor tax and accounting experts say the chancellor’s mooted plan to get the UK ‘unstuck’ has a size issue.

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.

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.'

Dual blend: Integrating flexible talent with AI expertise, ahead of merging internal and external teams, is now considered the key to building a high-performance workforce.

Nine judges have 13 weeks to whittle down 118 finalists to 30 winners -- only those who ‘truly go above and beyond’ for contractors.

The ‘toughest crackdown on late payments to SMEs in a generation’ could potentially ‘bring super slow payers up to speed,’ or it might merely be 'tinkering around the edges.’