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...
by Lynne Gowers | Jun 16, 2021 | Liquid Friday, News
Leading umbrella company Liquid Friday has entered into an agreement with job platform Stride (formerly known as JobLab) with a view to developing Stride’s technology and IP into a new solution to better serve their recruitment agency clients. Liquid Friday’s...
by Lynne Gowers | Jun 11, 2021 | Agencies, Contractors, News
If you need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue to live and work in the UK, you have until the 30th June to do so. Contractors Who needs to apply? If you are an EU citizen, resident in the UK by 31st December 2020, you and your family members must apply...
by Lynne Gowers | May 11, 2021 | Agencies, Contractors, Liquid Friday, News
The explosion in dodgy umbrella schemes needs to be the catalyst for further focus on compliance in our sector and stop the exploitation of workers and the taxpayer by these unscrupulous suppliers who are pocketing thousands of pounds a week. What is mini umbrella...
by Lynne Gowers | May 7, 2021 | Agencies, Contractors, News
HMRC has issued updated guidance about working through umbrella companies. And for once, we don’t have anything to say about it! In fact, it’s really good, unambiguous information that actually gets to the point of what an umbrella looks like and does. The new...
