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How to protect your data working from home

While data security is something every contractor should be aware of anyway, the increased levels of working from home during…

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HMRC say soft landing of private sector IR35 reform will be honoured

Earlier this year, the government postponed the implementation of the IR35 reform as part of wider measures to bolster the UK…

IR35 Hub

I`m an accountant: What do my contractors need to do to prepare for IR35?

Your contracting clients have had a tough year: they’ve seen work cancelled at short notice and been repeatedly overlooked by…

Contractors

Multiple Clients and Blanket Determinations: Ask Andy Answers

Ever wondered if changing your company status will help avoid the IR35 reforms? Or perhaps you’re wondering if it’s beneficial…

Contractor Guides

Can the self-employed file for unemployment benefits?

While work has been picking up, COVID-19 is still making the contractor market very competitive, especially when you factor in…

Contractors

Overseas contracts and being inside IR35: Ask Andy Answers

With just over five months until the launch of the IR35 private sector reforms, many contractors, recruiters and businesses have…

Contractor Guides

A Guide To Record-Keeping And Expenses For Self-Employed Sole Traders

Whether you’re new or not to self-employment, record-keeping might sound like hard work. And while that may be true, it does come with…

Contractor Guides

What to look for in an insurance renewal

If your business insurance is coming up for renewal, it’s easy to either be complacent or to panic. Complacency often results in…

Contractor Guides

How to increase word-of-mouth recommendations

Despite everything, work for many contractors is starting to pick up. Many clients who had been waiting to see if COVID would “blow over” have…

Contractors

Brexit, PSC Contracts and IR35 Delays: Ask Andy Answers

With the 2021 IR35 reforms edging ever closer, now is the time to get yourself prepared, whether you’re a contractor,…

Contractors

End client contracts, non-UK agencies & clauses to check: Ask Andy Answers

If you have an IR35 question burning a hole in your head (and who doesn’t?) then now is the perfect…

IR35 Hub

Keep your contractors outside IR35 with these off-payroll expert tips

The self-employed contribute around £305 billion a year to the UK economy and with businesses hard hit by COVID, the…

Contractors

How to show your IR35 status

As you must know by now – and if you don’t then you really, really need to read this blog – the…

Contractor Guides

What is the latest financial support from Rishi Sunak?

Over the last few months, the Government has provided a raft of financial support in an attempt to help the self-employed, business owners, and employees…

Contractors

Will IR35 be delayed again?

Right now, everyone we speak to – be it contractor, recruiter or end client – has one hopeful question on…

Contractors

Cornerstone IR35 cases: Jensal Software

With the IR35 reforms only six months away, contractors, recruiters and end clients are busy preparing for the change in responsibility…

Contractors

How to get your end client on-side with the IR35 reform

The journey to the IR35 reforms has been anything but dull and this past year has been something of a…

IR35 Hub

How recruiters can get end clients on-side for the IR35 reform

After years of worry for recruiters, contractors and end clients alike, the IR35 reform is definitely on its way next April. While…

Contractor Guides

How self-employed pensions work (and how to get the most for your money)

Being self-employed is great. Nothing quite beats the freedom and flexibility of being your own boss. Don’t fancy working Fridays?…

Contractor Guides

Contract news round-up: what`s happening in the industry right now?

With coronavirus and Brexit dominating both local and national headlines, it’s sometimes easy to forget that other news is happening. But despite the…

Contractors

IR35 and the energy sector

We’re sure most of you know by now that the IR35 legislative reforms (originally due for April 2020) are set…

Partner News

Government help for the self-employed update

When the UK went into lockdown in March, the effect on the nation’s self-employed was instantaneous. Around 15% of the UK workforce – which…

IR35 Hub

The Big IR35 Survey

Earlier in the year, we launched a survey asking recruiters about the impending IR35 reforms, which were delayed from April 2020…

Contractor Guides

What does the end of the furlough scheme mean for UK contractors?

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, commonly known as the furlough scheme, was announced back in March and was part of…

IR35 Hub

IR35 webinar: Our off-payroll experts answer your questions

Earlier this month we ran a webinar hosted by Kingsbridge’s own team of IR35 experts to arm recruiters, accountants, and end clients with the information they need to prepare themselves and their contractors for the…

Contractors

Kingsbridge host IR35 webinar to get you ready for the reform, ft. James Poyser

We’re hosting another IR35 webinar on Tuesday 8th September to help you prepare for the off-payroll reform due to be implemented in 2021. On the panel…

Contractor Guides

How could Rishi Sunak`s proposed tax increases affect contractors?

It’s putting things mildly to say that coronavirus has left something of a dent in public finances. According to a report…

Contractor Guides

Are you protected from the unexpected?

Read on below for a guest post from contractor mortgage specialists, CMME. As a self-employed professional, it can be a…

Contractors

IR35: How likely am I to be investigated by HMRC?

It’s probably understating things to say that there’s a lot going on right now, and we certainly don’t want to…

Contracting Life

Putting your family first with business insurance

If you were to ask contractors what motivates them, what keeps them getting out of bed every morning even when…