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Although it has four factors for contractors to consider, it’s the ‘how’ of Control that still does the heavy lifting in 2025-26.

Why ‘yes mate, all good’ when your phone pings from an agent probably isn’t the best reply.

Why rumours of the CV’s death are being greatly exaggerated, especially in contractor recruitment circles.

The hardest IR35 factor to consider/argue? The biggest IR35 headache for contractors? On both fronts, it’s MOO.

Resolved: whether limited company contractors ought to attend a creditors’ meeting, accept the liquidator, and email the ‘contact.’

How a genuine right of substitution, with no obligation to carry out work personally, is still a solid marker of self-employment.

A download containing the actual words contractors can use to help recover fees.

Untruths about ITEPA’s new Chapter 11 umbrella company rules are coming thick and fast. Here’s 5 not to be taken in by.

The seven must-considers for contractors on the Continent eyeing UK job opportunities.

The ‘wait and see’ approach to Companies House ID verification is over, with consequences for inert directors and Persons of Significant Control now looming large.

A solicitor’s step-by-step to securing outstanding payments from an agency on the brink.

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.