Liz Truss Articles

Nine-in-ten contractors don’t believe new PM’s IR35 promise
Nine-in-ten contractors don’t believe new PM’s IR35 promise
marketing | 6 September 2022
Liz Truss
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IR35
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Contractors
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Prime Minister
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review

More than nine out of every ten contractors (94%) think Liz Truss’s pledge to review IR35 is an ‘empty promise’, according to a survey by Qdos.

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Contractor vacancies up 13% since pandemic
Contractor vacancies up 13% since pandemic
marketing | 31 August 2022
Contractor
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recruitment
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IR35
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Liz Truss
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review

Uncertainty around recruitment has led to an increase in the number of opportunities for contractors, according to research from APSCo.

While Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that the number of new permanent vacancies is beginning to slow compared to Pre-Covid, APSCo data shows that opportunities for contractors increased 13% in July 2022 compared to July 2019.

Permanent opportunities decreased 23% in this same period.

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