1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (776+ words) From IR35 and tax admin to ‘business-friendly socialism,’ 52 contractors and small business owners give their early verdict on Andy Burnham, with 25 already negative and just nine positive. The new PM has some convincing to do. Ask contractors what they'd prioritise and…...

16+ hour, 8+ min ago   (1556+ words) From 1% deposits to 6.5x multipliers even on ‘fractional’ income, here’s how contractor mortgages are already changing pre-Budget 2026 — and the one wish, and one worry, ahead of former housing minister and now chancellor John Healey delivering his verdict before Halloween. Well, here…...

5+ day, 18+ min ago   (444+ words) A Speedo. Lingerie. A camel ride?! Somewhere in an accountant's filing system is proof that contractors will try to expense almost anything, and the stories are funnier than the tax code has any right to produce. Every accountant has stories....

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1616+ words) How the UK contractor sector is set to be shaken up by RTW expanding to alternative work arrangements, including checks every time you jump umbrella, agency checks not cutting it, and scrutiny on limited company substitution clauses. With penalties set…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (812+ words) From ‘permitted purpose’ clauses to ‘flow down’ obligations, a live High Court case triggered by ‘unusual email alerts’ and centring on a displaced software supplier offers five lessons in guarding your own when a big client moves on. Those five…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1669+ words) Amanda worked for eight weeks in 2016. She is now 63, retired and a grandmother of six — and almost a decade later, she is still being told that some of the money she earned is a debt. The financial arrangement has followed…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1599+ words) As party conference season gets underway, the UK political and media spotlight has largely been dominated by foreign policy crises and international affairs, writes Joshua Toovey, senior research and policy adviser at IPSE. While these issues rightly command the attention…...