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Unscrupulous Umbrella Companies

by Russ on November 4, 2009

If you are going to use the services of an Umbrella Company to handle your pay, why would an estimated take home pay figure be more important than the service you are likely to receive?  
I personally blame the unscrupulous Umbrella Companies who suggest that they can net contractors a higher take home pay. This [...]

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Umbrella Company Take Home Pay

by Lisa on October 26, 2009

One of the most common questions that I am asked is how an umbrella company can ‘maximise’ a contractors’ earnings; the answer is that it can’t. All umbrella companies operate in exactly the same way and all are governed by rules and regulations that are applied by HM Revenue and Customs.
That said, I am sure [...]

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Contractor and Freelancer Advice

by Lisa on October 26, 2009

There have been so many questions by new contractors about umbrella companies and the way that they work that I thought I would start a blog to try and answer the most common questions. Firstly and most importantly all umbrella companies are governed by the same rules. All will process your payments through PAYE (Pay [...]

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