The benefits a business accountant can bring to your SME
A business accountant can offer much more to your SME in the way of benefits than filing your tax return and keeping the taxman happy. An accountant wears many hats...
Maintaining high quality financial records
Record keeping is probably the part of your business that you like the least. Having to form fill, submit VAT returns, and list expenses (which you may even feel you...
Contractors losing contracts due to inconsistent application of off-payroll rules
Contractors are being prematurely terminated and moving away from the public sector due to the inconsistent application of the off-payroll rules.Contractors are suffering from “a pre-determined view that [they] should...
Financial IT contractors may have grounds for cautious optimism
Financial IT contractors may have grounds for cautious optimism as IT investment by financial institutions is to grow by 60% and hiring in London is up by 20%.Financial IT contractors...
Financial sector bounce back could bring a surge in demand for IT contractors:
Contractors and freelancers in general can take cheer from the new Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) JobsOutlook. It is just latest in a stream of labour market surveys pointing to...
HMRC is quick enough to take your money, so why do CIS rebates take so long?
HMRC quickly and efficiently takes Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) deductions from construction workers’ earnings. But when it comes to giving CIS workers their own money back, the rules seem change...
Onshore employment intermediaries: false self-employment
The title of this article relates to a subject matter that has received considerable publicity over recent months and years.However, it’s also clear that significant numbers of people don’t really...
Two more reasons for IT contractors to be cheerful: increased hiring and the Renminbi
Financial IT contractors have two more reasons to be cheerful this week. The latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor confirms that City hiring bounced back during September as predicted.And the...
Proposed new HMRC rules on false self-employment continue to sow alarm in the contracting industry
The proposed changes to HMRC rules governing self-employment and de-facto employee status continues to be both confusing and controversial to many people in many different industry sectors. History If you’ve...
Now the economy is on the up, should your IT contracting game be on the up, too?
According to the latest economic surveys and data, the UK economy may grow by as much as 1.35% in the final quarter of 2013, which means potentially over 3% growth...
