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- Category: Compliance
- Lords Committee hears evidence on the extension of off-payroll working rules
- Self employed able to take advantage of health and safety exemption
- Advanced payment notices chasing debts from the past
- Companies are warned to check any demands for underpaid VAT
- Contractors’ agencies must be up to speed with reporting requirements
- Category: IR35
- Potential rise in demand for contractor workers amidst the COVID-19 crisis and reform deferral
- IR35 delays announced amidst COVID-19 pandemic
- Report on changes to off payroll working rules published: What do you need to know?
- Representative bodies give evidence about the off-payroll reform
- April 2020: IR35 Reforms
- IR35 Private Sector Reforms: Key Points For Contractors
- Category: Contractor Advice
- Limited Company Directors Eligible for Job Retention Bonus
- FAQs: Can my limited company..?
- Preparing for business recovery: A guide on how to reignite your business after lockdown
- The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: The cost of getting it wrong
- Should you have an emergency fund if you’re self-employed?
- How to successfully work from home: top tips for contractors
- I’m recently self-employed, do I qualify for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)?
- HMRCs COVID-19 Support Tool: How it can help
- Contracting and Coronavirus: How to Navigate a Pandemic as a Contractor
- Coronavirus Financial Support: Payment Breaks
- Don’t forget the Self Assessment Tax Return deadline
- Discovering your Unique Selling Proposition
- Contractor Starter Pack
- Additional Income for Contractors
- Structuring yourself as a Non-Executive Director and a Consultant
- Child support for the self-employed
- What should you look for in a business bank account
- Valentine’s Day gift ideas for contractors
- Working from home: Top tips for contractors
- Scottish Draft Budget
- Benefits of Forming a Limited Company
- How Can Client Testimonials Benefit Your Limited Company?
- Managing Your Money Between Contract Roles
- Pension planning can help you to avoid working past 65
- Ongoing digital skills shortage creates opportunity for contractors
- Has the end of the tax year brought ‘Self Assessment Dread’?
- SMEs now also creating opportunities for freelancers and contractors
- Work for yourself or think you might want to? Almost half the UK agrees!
- Running your own Limited Company is the way to go in 2017!
- Contractors need to hold onto their cheques
- Recruitment Shortfall Benefits Construction Contractors
- How to Make a Great First Impression
- How to Manage Multiple Clients
- How to Hire a Good IT Contractor
- The Secret to Successfully Managing Permanent and Contractor Staff
- How to Make LinkedIn Work for You
- Steps to Finding a Contract
- How to Future Proof Yourself as a Contractor
- Top Tips on Completing Your Online Tax Return
- Top 5 Paying IT Contractor Jobs
- Keeping your Contractor Skills up to Date
- Finding a Contract – Direct or Agency?
- Prospects Improve for Contractors with a Growing Economy
- How to Chase Late Payments
- Q & A with a .Net Developer
- How to Brand Yourself
- If a Client Cancels a Contract, What are Your Rights?
- Contractors Need Greater Support According to the Latest Employment Review
- Proper infrastructure needed to support the self employed economy
- Pay disputes to be taken on by Small Business Commissioner
- Why it’s a contractor life for me
- Category: Contractor Lifestyle
- What Do The Royals Need to Know Before Going Self-Employed?
- Working in the Hot Weather: Tips for Contractors
- Contractor Attitude Survey: We Need Your Help
- Contractor Holiday Planning
- Seven Mental Health and Wellbeing Tips for Contractors
- Top Tips for Commuting to Assignments
- Tax-Free Christmas Gift Ideas for Employees
- Father’s Day Gift Guide for Contractor Dads
- How to Combat Loneliness as a Contractor
- Signs You’re Ready to Leave Full-Time Employment
- Taking holidays – why contractors have it sorted!
- Can Music Help the Self-Employed Stay Productive?
- A new way to avoid the ‘loneliness’ of contracting from home
- Top 5 Services for IT Contractors
- Top tips to getting back to it after the holidays
- Top Tips to Keeping Productive through the Festive Season
- Simple Tips to Keeping Organised
- How to be Productive Working from Home
- Top 10 Hacks for Travelling Contractors
- There’s an App for that
- Category: Industry News
- The Month in Review: July 2020
- The Business Implications of Accessing COVID-19 Support Schemes
- Flexible Furlough: What it Means for Contractors
- The Month in Review: June 2020
- Summer Statement 2020: The ‘Plan for Jobs’
- The Month in Review: May 2020
- Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme Open for Claims
- Freelancer confidence low but experts expect a bounce back
- The Month in Review: April 2020
- Lords off-payroll reform report released
- The Month in Review: March 2020
- Coronavirus Financial Aid for Self-Employed Announced
- Budget 2020 Overview
- The month in review: February News
- New IR35 Guidance Published for Contractors
- Political parties fight for the votes of contractors
- Freelancers lead the remote working revolution
- Spring Statement 2019: An Overview
- The Government’s Good Work Plan: Key Points
- Autumn Budget 2018: Key Highlights for Contractors
- Oddest Expenses Limited Company Directors Have Claimed
- Women in tech: The future of contracting
- Spring Statement 2018
- Cyber security specialists in high demand
- Autumn Budget 2017 Overview for Contractors
- Surge in the Number of Engineering Contractors
- Are STEM industries the way to go?
- The Taylor Review – what’s it all about?
- Could post-election uncertainty be positive for contractors?
- New opportunities for contractors as millennials move jobs in 2017
- Lack of cyber-security expertise creates a huge opportunity for contractors
- What can contractors expect from the main political parties?
- Flexible working is still the way to go – which is no surprise to us
- The best places to set up in business in the UK – A report from DueDil
- How technology makes flexible working easier for contractors
- The UK now has the highest number of established companies – ever.
- REC Report on Jobs confirms 18 month peak in staff demand
- New report shows huge increase in finance sector opportunities
- Everything you need to know about the Budget 2017
- Latest REC JobsOutlook report shows positive hiring intentions
- Record employment rate is great news for limited company contractors
- Could IR35 ‘shambles’ mean higher pay rates for IT contractors?
- New report from Indeed highlights huge opportunity for IT security contractors
- New Reed survey shows optimism for 2017 and beyond
- The ‘Famous Five’ top IT skills in demand
- Great news as October REC ‘Report on Jobs’ shows strong contractor growth
- How will today’s Autumn Statement impact contractors and freelancers?
- Good news for contractors in the Reading and Oxford areas
- New McKinsey survey shows most contractors are happier than employees
- Accountants Close the Pay Gap on Lawyers
- North East Leapfrogs London to become fastest growing region for engineering start ups
- Mothers lead the contracting charge
- North East the fastest growing UK region for tech start-ups after London
- UK Economy Benefiting from Contractors
- Market Conditions are Benefitting Prospect Contractors
- The NHS may help IT Contractors Develop Career Longevity
- Rising Global Demand for Security Contractors
- Contractors Weekly News 18/03/2016
- Contractors seeing Benefit of Shared Economy
- Newly-updated IR35 Guide for public sector contractors published by ContractorUK
- Great News for Contractors in the latest REC Jobs Outlook Survey
- Contractors Weekly News 04/03/2016
- Opportunity for contractors to contribute to government policy
- Cross Sector Demand Driving Contractor Growth
- Contractors Weekly News 19/02/2016
- Economic Conditions Improving in the Contractor Market
- Predictions for Financial Roles to Double
- Contractors to Benefit from increasing Talent Gap
- Contractors Weekly News Round Up 29/01/2016
- Contractors may Benefit from Inflation Rise
- Self Employed Numbers Continue to Rise
- Contractors Weekly News 22/01/2016
- What Trends Contractors can Expect in 2016
- Oil Contractors Advised to Look at Independent and Junior Oil Firms
- Contractors Weekly News 15/01/2016
- Renewable Energy Sector Offers Contract Opportunities
- IT Contractor Roles Necessity Increases for Cyber Security
- Contractors Weekly News 08/01/2016
- Contractor Headcount Increases
- Contractors Weekly News 18/12/2015
- John Lewis to Announce Increase in IT Contractor Workforce
- Construction Contractors Shortage Increases Daily Rate
- Contractors Weekly News 11/12/2015
- Security Contracts Earning Five Figures
- IT Contractor Demand Growing Outside London
- Contractor Recognition at an all time high in Europe
- Professional Roles Set to Rise for Contractor Vacancies
- Significant number of start-ups start life as second jobs
- Contractors Weekly News 20/11/2015
- Contractors Weekly News 13/11/2015
- National Freelancers Day
- Increased opportunities for IT Contractors working outside of London
- Contracting Landscape Improves in UK
- Contractors Weekly News 06/11/2015
- Contractors to Benefit from Sustained Demand
- Infrastructure Issues Headline Government Conference
- Contractors Weekly News 30/10/2015
- Contractors are Major Contributors to Tax Gap Claims HMRC
- Government Scrapping Contractors Business Record Checks
- Contractors Weekly News 23/10/2015
- UK Economy Showing a Boost in Entrepreneurs
- Contractors can now Top Up State Pensions
- Contractors Weekly News – 16/10/15
- ‘Strict Liability’ should be nullified for minor offences
- Number of High Earning Finance Contractors Double
- Contractors Weekly News – 09/10/15
- Freelancers crucial to start-up success
- Time limits for HMRC tax investigations suggested
- Payment terms to be tackled by Small Business Commissioner
- Results of HMRC’s discussion document on tax penalties released
- IPSE create committee for construction contractors
- Labour leadership election results could be good for independent professionals
- FCA ditched £3.2 million of unused software
- Integration of Tax and NIC could prove problematic
- Contractor mortgage prospects improving
- Self employed workforce could be getting overlooked
- Freelancer Limited Company plan back on IPSE’s agenda
- Bogus self employment figures could be ‘oversimplified’
- Tax tribunals suffering as ‘Accelerated Payment’ case is awaited
- It Contractor Rates See a Further Increase
- EU VAT rules in the spotlight again
- ‘Right to work’ checks still proving tricky
- Dividends should be unaffected by tax and NI merger
- Interest rate rises could hit contractors hard
- UK contractors likely to avoid Greece
- IPSE to tackle expenses issue
- Planning system reform will benefit contractors
- REC responds to Jeremy Hunt’s accusations of ‘rip off’ agencies
- Summer Budget news for contractors
- Social media searches increasingly popular hiring tool
- Potential impact of the Summer Budget
- Ambassador for self employment targets IR35
- Simpler taxation system added to chancellor’s to-do list
- MCA releases data showing that consulting is outpacing the economy
- Small businesses are vital to the UK economy
- Are freelancers benefiting from Funding for Lending?
- Deflation in the UK for the first time since 1960
- Tax return reform not an imminent proposition
- Tax penalty review could have positive outcome
- Infrastructural protection from strike disruption a possibility
- IT Manager’s VAT fraud attracts a stiff sentence
- Cameron comes under scrutiny by contractors
- Contractor website to re-brand online marketplace
- More companies should take advantage of British export strength
- Freelancers optimistic about the economy
- Ed Milliband turns down invitation to speak to freelancers
- Zero inflation proves economy is still strong
- Increased profitability means contracting opportunities in financial services
- Budget bonus for freelancers may not be all it seems
- Contracting Sector set for Continued Growth Trend
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- Contractor Attitude Survey 2020
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- We’ve given our brand a refresh
- Introducing our Contractor Support Hub
- Introducing an effortless pathway into your contracting career
- Nixon Williams Awarded FCSA Accreditation
- Nixon Williams Recognised in Contractor UK Awards
- Nixon Williams Launch Major Rebrand
- Nixon Williams Shortlisted for Practice Excellence Award
- Nixon Williams Placed Second in 2015 Contractor UK Awards
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