Swap rates, rather than the frozen base rate, are what UK mortgage lenders are pricing their deals on, catching out ...

The courts just underlined the importance of Ready Mixed Concrete Stage 3. So even if both Mutuality and Control go against ...

Contractors in IR35 enquiry deadlock claiming not to be part of the squad, but actually the one with the whistle, might get ...

ONS figures show UK unemployment has hit a five-year high. More people are chasing fewer roles, searches are taking longer, ...

Momentum is building for contracting — but government policy remains a barrier, as each bid to reduce risk over here seems to ...

One of the most important things to consider as a contractor is what rate you will charge your clients. Contractor rates not only depend on your skills or experience as a contractor, but various other ...

Where contractors in IT and other key sectors of the UK economy will want to be on the lookout in the year ahead.

The taxman has taken down two schemes from his avoidance ‘blacklist’ -- but for reasons contractors probably won’t welcome. Formerly of the tax office, WTT Group’s Tom Wallace was first to spot the ...

The taxman telling Boox and Churchill Knight contractors under MSC investigation that he now requires “actual figures…to revise…calculations of what you owe ...

‘Hard workers. Innovation-embracers. Value-adders.’ All are called to compete at the UK contractor industry’s biggest awards show, which just updated to ‘reflect real changes in the temporary labour ...

Health benefits for UK contractors — private medical insurance, virtual GP, mental health support, income protection and wellbeing cover built around contracting.

Jason Piper, a senior manager in tax and business law at the ACCA gave evidence to a Lords enquiry into Personal Service Companies. Here, exclusively for ContractorUK, he explains what a PSC is; where ...