At the end of this strangest of years, Umbrella’s traditional end of year celebrations and awards ceremony have for the first time been held in our offices! Conscious of our status as a holder of a COVID-secure employer...
HMRC’s controversial ‘Check Employment Status for Tax’ (CEST) tool is unable to provide an IR35 status for one-in-five contractor queries.
With a few months to go before IR35 rule changes are applied to contractors in...
All the team at Umbrella.co.uk would like to wish you a happy festive season and a prosperous new year.
This year has been turbulent and challenging for all and we are excited to welcome in the New Year and are hopeful that...
HMRC has warned contractors not to be fooled by unlawful tax and umbrella schemes advertising unusually high rates of take home pay.
As the deadline for sweeping IR35 reforms in the private sector draws closer, HMRC has...
Contracting is generally a series of short or medium length fixed term assignment. Many workers like this lifestyle and contract out their services for much of their working career.
Many workers have very long and...
It’s Halloween tomorrow and our staff are not afraid to get in the spirit today.
There’s some scarily gruesome make up going on in the office today fundraising for charity.
The ‘Most Horrible Workspace Competition’ was won...
Yesterday, the Chancellor announced new financial measures to support UK businesses and workers.
Primarily it seeks to address the concerns of the hospitality sector and those areas now deemed to be in Tiers 2 and 3. These new...
Following concerns that umbrella companies might be affected by some ambiguity in the legislation emerging out of off-payroll reforms. HMRC and FCSA held a productive meeting yesterday to confirm that the new legislation was not...
A controversial set of changes to off-payroll working (IR35) rules is due to take effect in the Private Sector from next April.
For contractors, the next few months represent a crucial period in which to prepare for the...
It’s World Mental Health Day on 10th October. We’d like to take the opportunity to remind our umbrella contractor customers that you have access to a free professional counselling service with Umbrella Rewards. If you are...
