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Sexism in the city – why is there a gender gap in contracting and freelancing?
Every six months we do some research into the average rates that umbrella workers are achieving... -
If you aren’t claiming it’s at your own expense
Tax avoidance is a dirty phrase at the moment, especially Read full article »Self employment on the up
Is this good or bad for you? ...
Sexism in the city – why is there a gender gap in contracting and freelancing?
Every six months we do some research into the average rates that umbrella workers are achieving. It usually throws up some interesting stats and this time is no exception. We are just about to release the stats for the third … Continue reading
If you aren’t claiming it’s at your own expense
Tax avoidance is a dirty phrase at the moment, especially if you are the CEO of a company that provides finance for students. The fact remains though that if you ask every working man and woman in the UK they … Continue reading
Self employment on the up
Is this good or bad for you? The number of self employed people in the UK rose to 4.14 million recently, with 300,000 workers taking the plunge to go it alone since spring 2008. This is the highest number of … Continue reading
Parasol predictions for 2012
Parasol Group Managing Director, Derek Kelly, on his predictions for 2012 There is no denying it’s tough out there from an economic point of view and you don’t have to look too far into the national media for predictions of … Continue reading
Service providers should step up to protect staffing businesses
Service providers in the staffing industry should be stepping up and providing true risk mitigation solutions in order to protect recruitment businesses according to Rob Crossland, Chief Executive of the Parasol group of companies. Commenting on recent HMRC tribunal decisions, … Continue reading