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Rob Crossland is the Managing director and co-founder of the Parasol Group. A pioneer for best practice and innovation in employment, Rob has steered Parasol to become one of the most respected and secure professional employers in the UK.

In June 2007, Rob was named Ernst & Young North Region Entrepreneur of the year for Business Services.  Rob is widely renowned as a leading and highly knowledgeable figure in the Professional employment services industry and regularly appears at industry conferences and talks to share his knowledge and experience.

Rob’s Blog will be updated on a weekly basis so that visitors to the Parasol website can share the benefit of his business and industry expertise.


Posted on 21 January 2008 - 8 Comments

Following hard on the heels of my “Buyer Aware” article I am pleased to announce that we have secured some sensible improvements to our Expense policy for Contractors. Our fundamental practices in this area remain unchanged and...

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Posted on 8 January 2008 - Comments

2008 will be an interesting year on many different fronts. Economically it could be tougher times both in terms of confidence as a result of the “credit crunch” and the banks may have to respond further with interest rate cuts to...

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Posted on 17 December 2007 - 2 Comments

There has been quite a bit of noise and “information” flying around on various Contractor forums recently. Mostly this has related to the age-old subject of “dispensations” and how “new” providers are incorrectly using these. For...

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Posted on 14 December 2007 - 2 Comments

Imagine my disappointment when it turned out that Capcom had not based the storyline for this version of the popular game on Parasol.

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Posted on 1 December 2007 - 4 Comments

My name is Rob Crossland and I am the MD of Parasol and prior to that worked as a Contractor in the IT and Finance sectors. I hope you might enjoy and contribute to my musings on contracting, employment, sport and tax!

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