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To receive what’s rightfully theirs from bust recruitment agencies, contractors must become part Praying Mantis; part rabid dog.

Two pages, three pages, how about 28 pages? Although it’s horses for courses there’ll be a sweet spot, just for you.

An imagining of an umbrella contractor’s life ‘on the ground’ after April 2026, with a focus on the practical effects of the main principles of Joint & Several Liability.

Loudly shouting once a recruiter’s doors are already shut won’t help. But whatever you do as an unpaid agency contractor, don’t feed the vultures.

It has teeth, but draft legislation imposing JSL on umbrella companies’ clients can be managed, and mitigated -- FCSA.

How a new concept and new definition are just some of the many changes due to shake-up umbrella company working as a contractor.

Being left out-of-pocket for an extensive period thwarts usually sensible debt recovery options, even if LinkedIn users say otherwise.

Legal aid for when onboarding becomes such a ‘full-time’ commitment that it makes you want to charge.

Answers to ‘How often can a limited company contractor pay dividends?’ plus IR35, and ‘disguised salary’ considerations.

The dos and don’ts of drawing dividends as a director, by SG Accounting.

Tax lawyer Rebecca Seeley Harris demystifies HMRC’s new ‘direction of travel,’ effective from April 6th 2026.

Five fallouts face contractors from April 2026 thanks to HMRC’s plan to process tax via the agency PAYE reference number.

As company closures hit a new high, an insolvency expert shares his 10 tips to help ContractorUK readers deal with the dicey economy.

Don’t hang onto your CV like it’s sacred. Start afresh and build it from the ground up – for EVERY role you go forward for.

Who MTD by HMRC applies to; who it applies to next, and who’s at risk from the ‘MTD net.’