Umbrella Company - more guides

When working through an umbrella company, here’s how to secure a nest egg that can pay dividends for you.

What queries your agent should be posing to feel out if a brolly is bonafide.

An explainer on the new technology designed for workers and agencies to ensure their umbrella company is compliant and safe.

Get to know the four key contractual sections that form your agreement with an umbrella company.

To head off frustration, duplication, and worse -- late payment, one is the magic timesheet number.

Amid more contractors regarding ‘Ltd’ as limited, here’s nine ways to ensure umbrella contracting works for you.

Admin, insurance, records and even peace of mind. Just some of the reasons staffing firms tie-up with brollies.

What contractors can look for to work out if a brolly is worth it or worrying.

If a brolly leaves you out-of-pocket there’s no easy options. Knowing why is worthwhile.

You’ll get more out of brollies and agencies if you know what they’re about, and how they differ from each other.

Maybe chancellor Jeremy Hunt wouldn’t today be under as much pressure to regulate them if all brollies did these five, as standard.

Discover how lenders prefer to assess brolly contractor earnings for home loan purposes.

An overview of the four fundamental rights that umbrella company employees are guaranteed in law.

Some parts are overdue, but the taxman’s agency-brolly guidance gives recruiters less wiggle room, and sends contractors unmistakable signals when to be outraged.

Reading online reviews of umbrellas is far from a straightforward business.

What contractors signing up with an umbrella company need to do, ask and check.

Where brolly contractors need to be on the lookout once the new tax year starts on Saturday.

Four big clues on when providers shouldn’t be touched with a bargepole.

A rundown on the inappropriate practice at the centre of allegations against one of the sector’s well-known umbrellas.

With IR35 reform on the horizon, the good, the bad and the ugly brollies are out in force.