by MLC-Admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Uncategorized, Contractors
If you are an employee, and are married or in a civil partnership, you may be able to benefit from a government tax break known as the marriage allowance.This is a tax relief that lets you transfer £1,260 of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil...
by MLC-Admin | Jul 25, 2023 | Agencies, Contractors
Believe it or not, the majority of umbrella companies want to do their best for contractors, not take advantage of them. Together with our fellow FCSA members, and the FCSA itself, we have often had to be vocal in our defence of the legitimate umbrella industry in the...
by MLC-Admin | Oct 18, 2019 | Contractors
With high value government investment in housing, transport infrastructure and digital communications, opportunities abound for the UK’s flexible workforce. If you are aiming to win that contract of a lifetime, your CV is your chance to stand out from the crowd. The...
by MLC-Admin | Oct 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
In our industry you have to be fairly thick skinned. The sector comes under fire from tabloids and unions with Umbrella companies being maligned as everything from “pirates” making money out of contractors’ hard work (BBC Yorkshire), to simply a “con-trick” (UCATT). ...
by MLC-Admin | Nov 27, 2017 | Agencies, General News, Contractors
After weeks of “will they, won’t they” speculation in the run up to to last week’s Autumn Budget, it looks like an extension of the IR35 rules is on the cards at some point – even if it was somewhat hidden in the deck. While Chancellor Philip Hammond made no...
