Measures to manage offshore tax arrangements unveiled following Autumn Statement
Government plans to remove a loophole regarding ‘personal service obligation’ – the right to send a substitute for employees working via intermediaries based overseas – have been welcomed by the recruitment sector. Chancellor George Osborne promised to crackdown on the on the use of employment intermediaries that enable ‘false self-employment’ with the use of “contrived […]
Read More →Improved IR35 programme nets HMRC over £1m
HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that it yielded £1.1 million from investigating disguised employment via the IR35 legislation, after adopting a new approach piloted following discussions with the IR35 Forum. Launched in April 2012, the approach involves strengthening specialist teams and centralising IR35 enquiries within the teams, as well as attempting to establish the […]
Read More →Jobseekers leaving employers due to lack of trust, survey suggests
More than half of those planning on looking for a new job in 2014 want to leave because their do not trust their manager, a survey has found. Fifteen thousand people questioned by recruiter staffbay.com said they 87% plan on leaving their job next year, and when asked why, 53% said they do not find […]
Read More →Work placements for disabled to be aided by £2m DWP programme
The government has pledged £2 million to help disabled people take up work placements. The Department for Work and Pension’s Access to Work scheme, which provides financial support towards the extra costs faced by disabled people at work, will be extended to cover all work experience placements, not just those organised through Jobcentre Plus. Such […]
Read More →2013: A year in recruitment
As 2013 draws to a close, the UK jobs market is strengthening and recruiters’ businesses are growing. But the spotlight has also shone on employment agencies’ tax practices and zero hours contracts this year. Steve Hemsley reviews some of the high and low points for the recruitment sector this year. The UK has seen some […]
Read More →Government’s planned clampdown on tax avoidance must not penalise genuine interims, recruiters say
The government is to prevent employment intermediaries from disguising employment as self-employment in order to avoid tax, Chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Autumn Statement. As part of a general clamp down on tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning aimed at raising more than £6.8 billion, the Treasury will also introduce a new power […]
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Read More →Away from the politics, trade delegation creates jobs
Chinese newspapers have reported David Cameron’s trade delegation to the country with some degree of cynicism. The prime minister’s trip to China, with more than 120 businesses, is part of plans to increase trade with the UK, which Cameron had pledged to double to £62bn by 2015, according to the Financial Times. Cameron has said that […]
Read More →South West interim and contract jobs increase surpasses the capital as vacancies across the regions grow
England’s regions are catching up with the capital in interim and contract employment recovery, figures show. In the past three months several areas of the UK have mirrored – and in the case of the South West outperformed – London’s employment growth, driven by an upturn in demand for skilled professionals across both the private […]
Read More →City jobs on the up as London emerges as millionaire banker capital
November saw 2,500 new jobs created in the City, the highest number in over seven months and a six percentage point increase on the previous month, figures show. Traditionally a quiet time of year for hiring ahead of bonuses being announced before Christmas, November 2013 saw the number of jobs created increase by 38 percentage […]
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