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Legal action against your supplier is more likely, even if it is a bank which stopped your money.

Commuting a long distance, and back again for a long weekend, is likely to be acceptable, even if it does look foolish.

Budget not covid stopped an ex-PSC’s project, so it’s up to his umbrella to provide coverage.

All but essential travel abroad is advised against, as it’ll have hidden and significant costs.

How to ace your virtual job interview as a contractor: Wear Y-fronts (and other top tips).

When umbrellas are in and PSCs are out, popular myths like to fill the vacuum.

A contractor’s spouse has got more chance with her old employer than her new one.

Explored: the pros and cons for those contractors who want closure, or just calculations.

The government has been generous, but not to everyone, and especially not to umbrella contractors.

Nothing in the legislation for the CJRS forces umbrellas to cover their workers.

A first-class probe that echoes 20 years of complaints. But there’s new concerns, covid-19 and creeping uncertainty.

‘Caught-PSCs are only employed for the purposes of tax, which you may be having overly deducted.’

Make like Rocky, not Bob, if you want to survive n’ thrive through the coronavirus outbreak.

Flow chart on the furlough scheme, for both umbrella and limited company contractors hoping for 80% coverage.

Playing catch-up, not hard ball, is probably why a brolly is barring SSP, yet it can pay 80% of NMW.