Latest Contractor News
Keep up to date with all the latest contractor news. We have written everything in plain English, so there’s no need to go to the overly complex HMRC website to learn about any tax and accountancy related updates.
Tips for leading teams from home during Covid-19 pandemic
Professor Donatella De Paoli believes that if companies are to succeed during and after the pandemic, traditional and centralised views of leadership must be replaced.
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Small Business Minister looking into ways of supporting Limited Company contractors
IPSE: ‘More support is urgently needed for self-employed people working through limited companies. The limited company contractors we have spoken to are utterly despondent and feel completely left behind’.
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Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme launched this week
The government’s furlough scheme is now open for applications 10 days ahead of schedule, with 5000 HMRC staff operating the scheme – which is expected to help thousands of firms across the UK.
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Small businesses urged to get ahead with self-assessments
Informi: ‘As well as having the advantage of doing so during a typically quieter period at HMRC, they’re also more likely to have all the necessary information on hand and will allow themselves more time to deal with any problems – and avoiding potentially crippling fines’.
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Recruitment leaders unconvinced of the benefits of new technologies
APSCo: ‘Technology is freeing up valuable time which can be better spent engaging with clients and candidates in a way which no machine could’.
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Employers shouldn’t rely on technology to assess if a person is a good ‘cultural fit’
White Recruitment: ‘While technology can certainly assist when assessing potential recruits for cultural fit, it is naïve to assume that machines alone are intelligent enough do decide who will gel best with an existing team’.
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Main challenge for employers is supporting staff mental health and well-being during Covid-19 crisis
The CIPD is encouraging employers to have constant communication with their workforce and take early action to offer support.
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Making Tax Digital ‘phase two’ delayed due to Coronavirus
CIOT: ‘We welcome the announcement to defer for a year the requirement to digitally link separate software programmes in the VAT return ‘journey’’.
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