One of the greatest obstacles if you’re a contractor, recruiter or end client that engages with contractors, is dealing with…
Operating through a Personal Service Company (PSC) and working outside IR35 provides contractors with a wealth of benefits. For instance,…
Since the IR35 reforms came into effect in 2021, most contractors will no longer be responsible for their own IR35…
For contractors juggling busy work schedules, complex contracts and irregular payments, good accountants can be worth their weight in gold.…
A guest blog from Boomerang’s Paul Dewick: Remember Slinky’s? They were essentially a long, very flexible spring that you placed…
Tewkesbury-based specialist insurance broker Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance, part of the Kingsbridge Group, is pleased to announce a number of promotions…
It’s that time of year again! As every contractor and freelancer knows, January is the time to get those accounts…
Price hikes and poor service have seen the UK’s troubled rail transport system hitting the headlines again over the last…
Christmas as a contractor or freelancer can be a time of mixed emotions. Yes, it’s a relief to have some…
We’ve had a busy few months at Kingsbridge HQ. September to December is very much awards season in the business world.…
65 is the new 35, and many of us are finding that we’re not quite ready to stop working when…
Released yesterday (15th November), a report from the National Audit Office has stated that the BBC required some freelancers to…
We’ve written many times on these pages in the past about the importance of having insurance in place. Whether you’re…
At Kingsbridge, we work predominantly with contractors and freelancers, who still make up a large number of self-employed people in…
Your CV (or, indeed, LinkedIn profile) is the first thing prospective clients will see when you apply to work with…
Email has become one of the most common methods of communication in the modern workplace. It’s easy, quick, and enables…
While improving, the extent of the UK gender pay gap ? the difference in average earnings between men and women…
It’s happened. You’ve finally had enough of the day-to-day grind in your job, you’ve gone as far as you can,…
Between the World Cup, the constant stream of headlines about cabinet reshuffles, and the incredible rescue of the trapped boys…
In the latest sign that Brexit might upset the apple cart more than we’ve been led to believe, Jaguar Land…
Hot on the heels of the landmark Supreme Court decision that classified a Pimlico Plumbers contractor as a worker, thereby…
We’ve updated our privacy policy. Before you chuck your laptop or tablet across the room, don’t worry – we’re just…
Whether it’s banning baby wipes, putting a tax on plastic bottles or Iceland removing plastic packaging and palm oil from…
One of the questions we get asked most often at Kingsbridge is “Do you ever actually pay out on claims?”…
Anyone with even a passing interest in the debate around workers’ rights in the gig economy will have taken note…
There was a time when IR35 was something of a bogeyman to contractors. Tall tales and horror stories. Lurking in…
We like to keep our ear to the ground here at Kingsbridge. We’ve been vocal in the past about the…
With a certain sense of inevitability, on 18th May, the government announced their intention to carry out a consultation on…
A committee of MPs have poured scorn upon Universal Credit rules which they say risk crushing the self-employed and start-ups.…
IR35. Two letters. Two numbers. It might not seem like much, but it should be at the forefront of any…
As a contractor or freelancer, particularly if you’re a freelancer, you’ll spend a fair amount of time working from your…
When you only have to answer to yourself, it’s easy to slip into an unproductive rut. Some days, Homes Under…
It’s been almost a year since the UK government’s controversial reforms to IR35 in the public sector and, with rumours…
