From business planning to sorting your accounts, starting out as a contractor can feel like a lot. Here’s how new contractors can forget the faff and hit the ground running.

An HMRC update clarifies that while the starting gun may be unholstered in April 2026, it won’t be fired until April 2027.

Examples of good practice for umbrella companies’ isn’t a fishing expedition. Even if some of the spelt out legal duties could be checked up on.

High Level Clearance Cisco SME / Senior Network Engineer x 2 * Location: Bracknell or Birmingham * Duration: 6 months (long term extensions expected) * IR35: Inside * Rate: £500-550/day (negotiable) ...

On August 22nd 2018, HMRC published a response to a request under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, for details of status cases that have been tested against its Check Employment Status for Tax ...

Industry-specific skills and qualifications are a gateway to higher earnings and career progression. But for many contractors, taking time out to invest in training is not a top priority -- ...

How contractors can prepare for the new dividend tax; what it means and why accelerating them makes sense. All worthy considerations. But aside from the ‘how’ ‘what’, and ‘why’ is the ‘when’ of the ...

Contractors usually get three options to formalise ‘going it alone.’ Now, there’s a fourth; it’s neither on your own nor forking out for an accountant.

The IT contractor jobs market in March 2025 made a good fist of defying a near-washout four weeks for UK hiring. While demand for IT workers on a contract basis didn’t grow last month (again), the ...

Project Manager - 6 Month Contract - Hybrid - Birmingham - Outside IR35 VIQU has partnered with a leading FTSE 100 organisation embarking on a major digital transformation programme across the EMEA ...

Taxman blackens the black mark he’s already put by three companies, while ‘naming and shaming’ four more schemes that he says ‘contractors should exit.’ ...

April tax changes: why choosing the right business current account should matter to contractors now more than ever.