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Featured Stories
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Thinking of Trading as a Ltd Company? Get Yourself a Business Account
Any contractor thinking of setting up their own Ltd Company needs to be clear about one fundamental point: keep your business finances wholly separate from your personal finances, preferably not... -
More Reasons to be Cheerful – The BCC Predicts Stronger Growth
We’ve found ourselves reporting a slightly manic-depressive pattern here at Contracting Made Easy, as assessments of the UK economy – and the prospects for contract jobs in particular – swing... -
Taking the Plunge Moving from Umbrella Company Employee to Ltd Company Director
As an umbrella company contractor, you’ve already proven that you have the mettle to execute bold transitions: you’ve walked away from the comfort zone of permanent salaried employment to venture... -
Is the end of a gloomy tunnel approaching?
We’ve reported both good news and bad on the prospects for the jobbing contractor here at Contracting Made Easy in recent months. It’s likely that this slightly manic-depressive pattern reflects... -
Contractor Finances Umbrella Companies and Financial Survival Plunder Your Piggy Bank
The average contractor working through an Umbrella Company may well face periods of worklessness every so often which can last anything from a few weeks to a few months, especially... -
Calling Sole Contractors – Your Chance to Have Your Say on IR35
The first phase of the coalition government’s Spending Challenge, in which it invited individuals and businesses to come forward with ideas on how to make economies in the UK’s spending,... -
Ltd Company Contractors Beware – HMRC has Your Dividends in its Beady Eyes
We recently reported on a tendency amongst some Ltd Company contractors toward paying illegal dividends (“Warning to Ltd Company Contractors: Don’t Use Your Business as a Personal Piggybank”). It’s emerged... -
Beware the Good Cop – HMRC Gets Sneaky
Well, if IR35 is meant to be on its metaphorical deathbed, it appears to be in suspiciously rude health for a patient supposedly on its last legs. The Professional Contractors... -
Is the Guillotine Poised for a Public Sector Jobs Massacre?
One of the most trenchant criticisms of the Government’s proposed public sector spending cuts is that, if they really are as swingeing as the hints suggest, front line services are...