The government: killing the NHS (not so) softly?
New rules came into force on Sept 1st governing the manner in which NHS Trusts can outsource nursing staff, midwives and health visitors. Ouch!
agencies
HMRC finalises new IR35 regime for contractors
Umbrella contractors may be interested to learn that the Revenue is getting near to finalising the new regime for IR35.
AWR is not adversely impacting contractors
Contractors in Northern Ireland do not appear to have suffered since AWR came into force, with businesses continuing to hire temps on a regular basis.
Education, Education, Education…
More and more umbrella companies are cropping up on every street corner and more and more agencies closing ranks and whittling down their umbrella company lists, it is becoming increasingly harder for umbrella providers to compete it would seem.