As of 1st October, the Government’s approved increase in the minimum wage will come into effect. The Low Pay Commission had set various recommendations for the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, to assess. Cable accepted in full these suggestions, and the wage rises at national minimum level will work as follows:
Editor | 30 September 2014
/Editor | 24 September 2014
/ / /The Labour Party has returned to Manchester for the annual conference, set this time to the backdrop of the recent referendum on Scottish independence. Amidst the fall out from the vote, however, lobbying is taking place to further encourage the party’s decision makers to take a serious look at how freelancers and contractors are considered from a policy standpoint.
Editor | 23 September 2014
/ /The project objective was to build a robust customer focused site to support Umbrella.co.uk’s growth strategy. A professional design has been delivered successfully which will attract potential new clients as well as service existing clients. An ongoing program of exciting enhancements are planned such as video guides and contractor landing pages.
Editor | 25 September 2014
/ / /Following weeks of tumult, debate and finally the climatic vote, Scotland spoke and opted to remain part of the Union. Nearly 3.7million people voted, with the ‘No’ camp winning out in the end with over 55% of the votes cast.
Editor | 23 September 2014
/ / / / /In July 2014, the Treasury launched a two part consultation on the treatment of tax for travel and subsistence payments. The aim is to bring legislation up to date with modern day working practices.
Editor | 16 September 2014
/Umbrella.co.uk the leading UK tax, accounting and payroll services group has agreed a partnership with Cloud accounting provider FreeAgent. Umbrella.co.uk is to migrate their entire client base of UK freelancers and contractor from their previous cloud accounting solution.
