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Contractors

How to show you have the right to substitution as a contractor

With the IR35 reforms here, now is the time for you to look at your contracts and working practices to…

Contractor Guides

Practical guidance on negotiating contract terms – while keeping your clients on-side

If you’re self-employed, be it contractor or freelancer, your contract is vital in helping you to protect yourself against any…

IR35 Hub

Why it is crucial that end clients get IR35 right in 2021

The IR35 reform has dominated contractor news since the public sector rollout in April 2017. It’s generally accepted that this…

Contracting Life

How to deal with work-related stress

In general, work-related stress refers to stress that occurs when work places more demands on you than you can cope…

Contractor Guides

A Contractor’s guide to getting mortgage fit

As the lockdown is eased, many of us are reassessing our finances in all aspects of our lives. When it…

Contractor Guides

IR35 and the IT sector

As all contractors should be aware by now, the private sector IR35 reforms will be rolling out in April 2021. This was set in…

IR35 Hub

Kingsbridge wins Broker Innovation Award with cutting-edge IR35 solution

Innovation sits at the heart of everything we do here at Kingsbridge. We’re constantly striving to create better products so…

IR35: Challenges and Opportunities

What the IR35?! Podcast ? Will IR35 ever move up the priority list?

Kingsbridge’s MD Tom Wynne and Legal Manager Nikki Hayman continue their What the IR35?! podcast, joined this week by Matt…

Contractor Guides

Why having business insurance is more important than ever

As lockdown measures ease and we find ourselves adjusting to the new normal, some contractors are starting to see clients return,…

Contractor Guides

How to negotiate rates in a time of unprecedented contractor competition

It sounds trite to say that the last few months have been tough for the self-employed, but they have been.…

Contractors

What is the financial impact of being inside IR35?

If the global COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t happened, the IR35 reform would have been three-months old by now, and and getting to…

IR35 Hub

IR35 reform countdown: what are the minor status tests?

Written by Zara Butt, IR35 Status Specialist  The private sector IR35 reform was cemented to go ahead in April 2021 after…

IR35: Challenges and Opportunities

What the IR35?! Podcast ? James Poyser: The brains behind OffPayroll.org.uk and why he created it

Kingsbridge continues its What the IR35?! podcast series with a packed second episode. This week, Kingsbridge’s MD Tom Wynne and…

Contractors

IR35 private sector reform set to go ahead in April 2021 following MP vote against delay

The private sector IR35 reform has been cemented to go ahead in April 2021 after MPs voted against another delay to…

IR35 Hub

IR35 and Personal Service: why the right to substitution is so important

Out of the three major IR35 employment status tests – the other two being mutuality of obligation (MOO) and client…