Latest Contractor Guides

Acing the interview is often undone at the last hurdle – your invitation to ask some questions of your own (and yes, it may seem rude to decline).

The ‘go-to’ for contractors and agencies to work abroad, manage non-UK gigs and freelance overseas? That’s us for 21 years, but Jan 2025 just broke a new record.

With pensions, the tax relief principle is always the same -- a bit like the need to open up to an IFA to properly fill in your retirement saving blanks.

Links to IT contractor banking service providers.

Exclusive: Hays predicts the five top IT contractor jobs of tomorrow.

As a contractor, if you don't work, you don't get paid. Unlike permanent employees, who have sick pay and other safety nets, you're on your own. That's why income protection is essential.

A ‘how-to’ on selecting career targets and then hitting them -- by someone who’s actually made it in the ‘forever changing’ world of freelance tech.

Don’t take a ‘wait and see’ approach as a contractor with crypto-related income and gains – SG Accounting.

As a contractor, your financial stability is closely tied to your ability to work. The absence of employer-provided benefits like "death in service" or sick leave can leave you vulnerable.

As a contractor, ensuring financial security for your family and dependents is vital. Relevant Life Insurance offers a unique, tax-efficient solution for limited company contractors to provide ‘death-in-service’ benefits through their business. This policy not only protects your loved ones but also maximises the financial benefits of operating through a limited company.

As a contractor, securing life insurance is essential to replace the "death in service" benefits often lost when transitioning from traditional employment to freelancing.

Five filing faux pas to avoid if you want to hang on to your money this tax season, and not enrich HMRC.

The actual words you can use to the most irritating, unimaginative, IR35-ignorant question of 2025.

Even sole-person limited companies, with a secretary or spouse, face higher HMRC bills from April 6th.  

Spot the hidden contractor! Can you find them in this picture?