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Guide IR35
Under HMRC scrutiny, the FCDO has put almost 90% of its contractors inside IR35, compared with a near even inside-outside split a year ago. Off-payroll working expert…
Guide Limited companies
Whether IR35 played a part or not, former contractors who've wound up their personal service companies are on the receiving end of form PA302 — often due to savings,…
Guide Contracts & agencies
A music mogul's dinner-table deal and a contractor's quick email exchange have more in common than you'd think — both can be binding. Evane Alexandre, technology lawyer…
Guide Limited companies
‘Going direct’ by paying company profit into a pension can leave a limited company £2,430 better off because it comes ‘off the top.’ Dolan Accountancy's Lauren Sears…
Guide Limited companies
A Speedo. Lingerie. A camel ride?! Somewhere in an accountant's filing system is proof that contractors will try to expense almost anything, and the stories are funnier…
Guide Umbrella companies
How the UK contractor sector is set to be shaken up by RTW expanding to alternative work arrangements, including checks every time you jump umbrella, agency checks not…
Guide Starting out
With full-time CTO packages in London now surging to £310,000, a growing number of SMEs are asking if they need a permanent tech leader at all. It’s a question that a…
Guide Umbrella companies
Is a conventional umbrella company still the only way to get paid inside IR35? Far from it — as healthcare, education, logistics, driving and construction contractors…
Guide IR35
The taxman moved fast after Boox tribunal judges retired to consider their verdict — asking contractors to sign up to six more years of standstill in what some have…
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Four recruiters endorse the REC’s best IT contractor figures in over three years. VIQU IT and Robert Walters see firms investing in tech; Reed says hiring managers are…
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Ask a questionOxfordshire
️ CNC HYPERMILL PROGRAMMER - OXFORDSHIRE Shorterm Group are currently recruiting for an experienced CNC HyperMill Programmer to join an established motorsport/high-performance engineering client based in Oxfordshire. We…
Northampton, West Northamptonshire
Senior PHP / Laravel Developer – Contract £350–£375/day | Outside IR35 | 3 Months | Immediate Start Northampton – 1 day per week onsite | UK-based contractors only PHP | Laravel | Vue.js | TypeScript | MySQL | REST APIs…
CM23, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
My client is a leading contractor in the Steel frame and Groundworks sector. We are currently recruiting a Site Engineer to complete an 12 month contract. You will be required to manage the engineering, including the…
Cambridge
Contract Production Electronics Engineer Cambridge: Office-based (4 days on site) Contract: 12 Months, Inside IR35 Rate: Flexible Like being the technical authority production floors around the world call on when…
