TV host Ant Middleton is among the famous (and not-so-famous) faces falling foul of the Insolvency Service, with disqualification orders in just three cases totalling 16 years.

A leaked memo from the deputy PM to the chancellor asks for a £5,000+ cut to limited company contractor take-home pay.

This government (like the last) cannot settle on the self-employed, subjecting them to a never-ending, legislative merry-go-round.

Five fallouts face contractors from April 2026 thanks to HMRC’s plan to process tax via the agency PAYE reference number.

There’s a new witty banner on LinkedIn. But it doesn’t filter to agencies, nor does it give the outside IR35 points you probably want.

What will your end-clients identify as? That is the question an HMRC update sets up as significant for April 6th 2027.

Accreditation body welcomes Lord Holmes’ clause to subject every ‘employment business participating in employment arrangements’ to a ‘licensing authority.’ ...

Spring Statement 2025 affects contractors in potentially numerous ways – with ten devils in the detail, but it didn’t live up to its billing. Rachel Reeves’s second fiscal statement was such a damp ...

Ex-Liverpool footballer and manager Phil Thompson appealed to the Upper Tier Tribunal against the decision handed down in December 2023 by the First Tier Tax Tribunal, which held that Thompson’s ...

As company closures hit a new high, an insolvency expert shares his 10 tips to help ContractorUK readers deal with the dicey economy.

The UK’s temporary labour market is under threat – and I say this before the chancellor has got to her feet to unleash Spring Statement 2025, writes Chris Bryce, CEO of the Freelancer & Contractor ...

The divisive issue of establishing whether a contract is “inside IR35” or “outside IR35” is hashed out in decades of employment status case law. But while historic, this case law is also continually ...