The contracting world is no stranger to complex employment arrangements, but fresh revelations have exposed a sneaky practice that is raising eyebrows and sparking debate -- Hybrid Model Contracts.

Freelance tech staff forecasts are up, but the chancellor’s ‘kicking’ and her possibly incoming ‘car crash’ are keeping temporary IT billings down. And dwindling.

When insolvency experts like us wind up recruitment companies, it’s proactivity that often separates the paid from the unpaid.

As Europe’s largest economy, Germany has long been rich with opportunity for contractors seeking assignments overseas. The coronavirus pandemic however, impacted demand for talent across the region.

If you need to send a formal payment request to a bust recruitment agency — or any other commercial debtor — you can use this free payment template below as a basis for an email or hard-copy postal ...

The withdrawal of an Employment Rights Bill amendment isn’t the last contractors will hear of a brolly licensing authority. Not if we have anything to do with it.

The government has declined to back calls by the Lords to set up a Freelance Commissioner. The Freelancer Commissioner would have been a statutory office, unlike Labour's current commitment to a ...

Not before time according to some, ministers have confirmed that the UK government will publish a consultation on simplifying the employment status framework by the end of 2025. Depending on where ...

Contractors will get to read Labour’s employment status proposals, potentially affecting IR35 and limited company workers, before 2026. According to a now fully transcribed Lords debate, a government ...

But as the founder-boss of an umbrella company, I’m more interested in the practical implications for those of us ‘on the ground’ who are going to be affected by JSL from April 2026, ranging from ...

After several years of Boox and Churchill Knight (CK) contractors waiting patiently, there is finally some positive news in the shape of their test cases under the Managed Service Company legislation ...

Finally, at the end of the working day on Monday July 21st 2025, the government gave the contractor industry sight of the draft Finance Bill 2025/26 with the new “Chapter 11,” which caters for ...