Finance Bill 2017-19 puts Making Tax Digital back on the agenda
Written by FCSA Business Partner, FreeAgent With the much-anticipated Finance Bill 2017-19 finally out in the wild, award-winning online accounting provider FreeAgent takes a closer look at the points relating to Making Tax Digital (MTD) and the dividend allowance, and the implications for your small business and contractor clients. Making way for Making Tax Digital…
Octopus Investments on board as new business partner
Mark Williams, Head of SME Business Solutions at Octopus explains how the company will help freelancers and contractors.
Can an employer monitor the private messages of an employee’s work-related email account?
Written by Brabners LLP In the case of Barbulescu v Romania the rarely convened Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (‘‘ECHR’’) has asserted that an employee’s Article 8 privacy rights were infringed as a result of the employer’s decision to monitor their work related Yahoo email account. Background facts The emails had…
How to improve your reputation as an employer brand and attract more freelancers/contractors
An employer brand, according to Universum Global, is “the process of promoting a company, or an organisation, as the employer of choice to the desired target group, one which a company needs and wants to recruit and retain.” All employers have an employer brand, whether they’re aware of it or not, which makes it a…
How peer-to-peer lending could help boost contractor balance sheets
Written by FCSA Business Partner, Octopus Investments. For a contractor operating as a limited company, having surplus cash on the balance sheet should be a blessing. However, with the Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates at 0.25% – the lowest it’s been since the Bank’s formation in 1694 – some businesses might start…
Claimants do not bear the initial burden of proof in discrimination cases
Brabners LLP discuss the burden of proof provisions for discrimination claims set out in section 136(2) and (3) of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010).
FCSA questions Unite’s call for the NHS to ban the use of umbrellas
Julia Kermode comes to the defence of compliant umbrellas and expresses her bitter disappointment that Unite is urging the NHS to ban umbrellas.
Regular voluntary overtime – EAT confirms that it must form part of the holiday pay calculation!
EAT has now confirmed that voluntary overtime can count towards holiday pay and normal remuneration where they is sufficient regularity.
ICS Accounting becomes fully Accredited Member
MD John Lyon shares his delight on joining FCSA and what it means for the company.
Matthew Taylor Report – Is it a plan setting out a ‘fairer’ system of work or well worded bluster with questionable impact?
Brabners LLP ask: Is it a plan setting out a ‘fairer’ system of work or well-worded bluster with questionable impact?