by Lynne Gowers | Mar 29, 2022 | Agencies, News
Back in September, Boris Johnson announced a new tax to fund the NHS and adult social care in England. This will initially take the form of an increase in National Insurance Contributions from 6th April 2022. This will then become a stand-alone Health and Social levy...
by Lynne Gowers | Mar 2, 2022 | Agencies, Contractors, News
With the unveiling of its “Living with Covid” plan, the government lifted remaining coronavirus restrictions in England from 24th February. This includes the legal requirement to self-isolate after testing positive for Covid. Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, described...
by Lynne Gowers | Nov 4, 2021 | Agencies, Contractors, News
In the last month, HMRC has put out new guidance to warn agencies about the consequences of dealing with shady umbrella companies, and critically, how to spot them. By shady, we mean umbrella companies who use tax avoidance schemes or business models to pay their...
by Lynne Gowers | Oct 27, 2021 | Agencies, General News, Contractors, News
In his second Budget of the year, Chancellor Rishi Sunak leaned heavily on his prospect of a brighter economic outlook. Mr. Sunak declared the UK economy is entering a “new age of optimism” before unveiling an overhaul of taxes on alcohol, businesses, air travel and...
by Lynne Gowers | Sep 7, 2021 | General News, News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced to the House of Commons that a new health and social care levy is to be introduced across the UK to address the funding crisis in the sector. 1.25% increase in NI from April 2022 The new tax will begin as a 1.25% rise in...
by Lynne Gowers | Aug 13, 2021 | Agencies, Contractors, News
In the week of 2-8 August, there were a total of 1.65 million active job adverts in the UK, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)’s latest Jobs Recovery Tracker. This is the second highest weekly figure since December 2020. The past three...
