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…
The tools you work with are an essential part of your business and likely one of the biggest investments you’ve…
It’s a situation every tradesperson dreads: your client isn’t happy with the result of your hard work. Mistakes and misunderstandings…
Running a business can be expensive, with the cost of tools, vehicles, employees, tax, insurance and more, all piling up!…
There’s a reason every company you interact with these days is desperate for you to leave your feedback: reviews are…
You may not have heard of the term “scope creep”, but if you’ve been running a business for any length…
How clued up are you and your team on cyber security? Do you know your malware from your phishing scams?…
Last week, Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax, Andy Vessey, joined our IR35 Project Manager, Ryan Dawson, for an ‘Ask The Experts’…
With the bookie’s favourite Liz Truss announced as the new Conservative leader and, consequently, Prime Minister in the last few…
In a wide-ranging interview with The Sun on Sunday at the weekend, Conservative leadership hopeful, Liz Truss, promised a review…
Engineers keep the world moving and push innovation forwards. As the world faces new challenges like climate change and food…
Recently, the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts – a cross-party committee of MPs appointed by the House of…
Accountants know better than anyone that time is money. So, if your working days are filled with half-finished tasks, email…
It has been a full year since the IR35 reforms were rolled out for the private sector – something that…
This spring has been filled with lots of blissful Bank Holidays, which has made our thoughts turn again to the…
Recruitment life is busy, fast-paced and goal-oriented. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the day-to-day target-chasing and relationship-building, and…
In our recent IR35 survey, an overwhelming 80% of recruiters said they engaged with umbrella companies. But with some horror…
Whether you’re working as a self-employed accountant or running a bigger firm, the beginning of a new financial year is…
IR35 off-payroll working rules are here to stay, and as we hit the first year anniversary, we’re beginning to understand…
There are lots of reasons to love the recruitment business, and if you think you’ve hit on the right career…
Getting your contractors ready to go as soon as that job comes in is one of the key aims of…
How quickly a year has passed! It seems like only a few months ago we were drumming hard for the…
We get why end-clients and recruiters are tempted to use HMRC’s CEST tool. We really do. It’s easily accessible, quick…
With more of us heading back into the office regularly, we are having to readjust to the ways we used…
If 2021 was the year of big changes for IR35 off-payroll legislation, 2022 will be the year of ensuring ongoing…
Kingsbridge Group, the UK’s leading provider of specialist insurance services to skilled contractors, freelancers and the recruitment industry, announced today…
As an accountant, you want to keep up with the latest developments in the sector as well as planned changes…
The anniversary of the IR35 reforms in the private sector is fast approaching. At Kingsbridge, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the contracting market.…
After COVID, there was only one thing that dominated the news for those in the contractor supply chain this year…
LinkedIn is an essential tool for recruiters to find contractors, freelancers and other employment opportunities. As a recruiter, you are most likely…
One thing our recruitment partners are really good at is understanding the need for their contractors to have a proper package of…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock at the bottom of the ocean somewhere close to Antarctica, you’ll know about…
At the end of September, it was reported that Recruitment agency Giant Group had been hit by a sophisticated cyber-attack, which resulted…
What is the Kingsbridge IR35 Status tool? Long-time readers of the blog will know all about the Kingsbridge IR35 Status Tool.…
Not even 6 months have passed since the IR35 reforms to the private sector, but it has been reported that…
In recent months it has been revealed, via their respective 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts, that three public sector bodies – the Department of…
