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Contracting Under An Umbrella CompanyAn Umbrella service or company acts as a in-between for your contracting services. Essentially you enter... Read more »
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Employee Benefit TrustsWith an EBT Scheme you are the employee of an offshore company and will pay normal UK P.A.Y.E. on... Read more »
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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Speedy Hire up; KBC Peel Hunt "buy" - Reuters UK (Jul 2, 2009 09:46)Shares in Speedy Hire ( SDY.L ) gain 2.8 percent as KBC Peel Hunt repeats its "buy" recommendation o..
Britain: Lindsey oil refinery workers win reinstatement - World Socialist Web Site (Jun 30, 2009 05:02)
Striking subcontracting workers employed at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire, Humberside, vo..
Total workers take protest to Paris - Grimsby Telegraph (Jun 26, 2009 08:06)
Protesters at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery plan to take demonstrations to Paris, to the doorstep of To..
IT contractors demand overhaul of company transfer visas - The Register (Jun 24, 2009 14:28)
The Professional Contractors Group has called on the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to overhaul ..
BBC Blog Network - BBC (Jun 11, 2009 14:50)
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The Law, IR35, Tax Status
Would You Consider Moving Offshore?The UK Governments recent announcement of a top rate of tax of 50% for anybody earning over £150,000 a year is sure to cause strong feelings amongst the contractor... Read more »
Not All Offshore Payment Schemes Are LegitimateForty five Swedish dentists could be about to find themselves in some serious hot water from their local tax authorities. It is alleged that between them they have... Read more »
IT Contractors
Benefits Of IT ContractingBenefits IT Contracting In The UK Just the number of IT professionals that choose to contract rather than work as employees in the UK tells you something, it tells... Read more »
Medical Contractors
Working As A Locum, Don’t Forget To Invoice!Whilst there are many advantages to locum work (flexibility, above average hourly rates etc etc) you have to remember that you are in effect working for yourself.... Read more »
Construction Industry Contractors
CIS - New SchemeCIS - New Scheme The new CIS scheme sets out the rules for how payments to subcontractors for construction work must be handled by contractors in the construction... Read more »

