Self Employed
How to register your business as a limited company
You’ve taken the plunge and have decided to start your own business. Have you gone through the right steps, though? Read our tips to help
2 September 2020
From complexities around tax, employment status and your rights, to lifestyle needs such as mortgages, pensions and insurance, we’ve got it covered.
You’ve taken the plunge and have decided to start your own business. Have you gone through the right steps, though? Read our tips to help
Time was that an agency worker wouldn’t have the same rights as the people they were working alongside on their assignments. Two people sat side-by-side
There were more than 5 million self-employed people in the UK by Q4 2019 according to the Office of National Statistics, – up from 2000’s
Many people think that being a temp who works for a recruitment agency is precarious and that you don’t get any benefits. But your rights
Many people think that being a temp who works for a recruitment agency is precarious and that you don’t get any benefits. But your rights
If you work through a limited company and have a specialist company supporting your financial affairs then you need to be aware of the government’s
What is it? Accreditation is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as ‘the action or process of officially recognising someone as having a particular status or
Being self-employed means that you aren’t entitled to any statutory rights such as the National Minimum Wage, holiday, sick pay etc. With that in mind, why
The Criminal Finances Act was introduced on 30 September 2017, and was designed to bring criminal charges against any corporate organisation which fails to prevent
To tackle disguised remuneration schemes, the Loan Charge was introduced in the Finance Act 2016, becoming law on 5 April 2019. However, following criticism of
We’ve written before about Preferred Supplier Lists (PSLs) and how they can be incredibly effective for agencies looking to reduce their risk when engaging with
Ordinarily, when a worker employed by an intermediary, such as an umbrella company, they are usually paid their wages after deductions such as pay as
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is simply the government’s programme to make the whole of the tax system digital and to make it more effective, efficient
Arguably the biggest appeal to becoming working independently is the flexibility; that you get to set your own terms when it comes to your career
When working through a recruitment agency, your agency may be required to treat you as an employee in terms of, amongst other things, deductions to