Tag: Private Sector
Consultancy finds 87% of contractors are ‘outside IR35’
A leading consultancy that specialises in IR35 has revealed that nearly nine in ten contractors that have used its IR35 status checker service since...
IR35 reform amendment makes Finance Bill
The House of Commons voted in favour of an amendment to the Finance Bill on Thursday that makes it all but certain that the...
Contractor pay takes a hit as recruitment activity continues to dwindle
Rates of pay for contingent workers fell at the fastest month-on-month rate for eleven years in May, whilst permanent placements and temp billings both...
Lords demand rethink on IR35 reform
The Lords’ economic affairs committee has heavily criticised reforms to IR35 that were due to be extended to the private sector this April but...
Lords urge government to postpone Off-Payroll implementation
The Lords’ Finance Bill Sub-Committee has urged the government to further delay the implementation of the extension of IR35 reforms known as the Off-Payroll...
Nearly a fifth of contractors looking to switch to perm
Recent research by a City-based recruitment consultancy has found that around one in five contractors are now looking for permanent roles ahead of the...
Sunak ends austerity in giveaway Budget
Newly installed chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak announced a £30 billion fiscal stimulus package in his first Budget on Wednesday in a bid...
Treasury Off-Payroll review confirms penalty amnesty for first year
HM Treasury published their long-awaited review into the implementation of IR35 reforms in the private sector this week with a commitment to the “soft...
BAE Systems latest firm to ban off-payroll contractors
BAE Systems has become the latest in a series of high profile UK companies to ban contractors from working “outside IR35”, according to reports...
2020 Budget: What can contractors expect?
This week, newly-installed chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak confirmed that the UK Budget will be delivered on March 11 as planned, in a...
