All the latest news and developments affecting the UK’s independent workforce – there is always something going on that you will want to know about!
A recent tribunal (Mr A Harman and Cleshar Contract Services) illustrates many different pitfalls in engaging independent workers and should be essential reading for recruitment
On 31 December, the government published their latest “name and shame” list of businesses that failed to pay their workers the minimum wage. Investigated between
According to The Times (Saturday 02/01/21), the Prime Minister has promised a big public sector recruitment drive to help the economy recover from the pandemic.
According to official HMRC figures, some 2,700 people filed their self-assessment tax return on Christmas Day in 2020. The peak time for completing tax returns
According to LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence Index, the impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is evident with the vast majority of UK professionals feeling
HMRC has warned against participating in an arrangement which involves selling future business revenues to a revenue service trust. Basically, this is another mechanism of
Migrant workers accounted for 60% of net employment growth between 1996 and 2019 according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation. Their data shows
BEIS is proposing wide-ranging reforms to Companies House which will have a potentially significant impact in tackling fraud and dubious schemes. The consultation looks at
If you can’t afford to pay your self-assessment tax bill in full, you can set up a payment plan to spread the cost providing that: