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How to diversify your accountancy services to generate more work

Whether you’re working as a self-employed accountant or running a bigger firm, the beginning of a new financial year is…

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Eight out of ten recruiters are saying that IR35 adds to their compliance burden

IR35 off-payroll working rules are here to stay, and as we hit the first year anniversary, we’re beginning to understand…

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6 tips to progress your career as a recruiter

There are lots of reasons to love the recruitment business, and if you think you’ve hit on the right career…

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What insurances should your contractor base hold?

Getting your contractors ready to go as soon as that job comes in is one of the key aims of…

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IR35 soft-landing nearly over: are you ready for the 6th April?

How quickly a year has passed! It seems like only a few months ago we were drumming hard for the…

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The problems with using CEST as your IR35 status tool in 2022

We get why end-clients and recruiters are tempted to use HMRC’s CEST tool. We really do. It’s easily accessible, quick…

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A guide to IR35 for recruiters: what you need to know in 2022

If 2021 was the year of big changes for IR35 off-payroll legislation, 2022 will be the year of ensuring ongoing…

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Kingsbridge Group Announces Paul Havenhand Will Succeed James Twining as Chief Executive Officer

Kingsbridge Group, the UK’s leading provider of specialist insurance services to skilled contractors, freelancers and the recruitment industry, announced today…

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The best industry blogs for accountants to read

As an accountant, you want to keep up with the latest developments in the sector as well as planned changes…

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Contractor survey: businesses continue to struggle with IR35 reform

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.…

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The headline IR35 news stories from 2021

After COVID, there was only one thing that dominated the news for those in the contractor supply chain this year…

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The 10 best LinkedIn profiles for recruiters to follow

LinkedIn is an essential tool for recruiters to find contractors, freelancers and other employment opportunities. As a recruiter, you are most likely…

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Top 10 funny insurance claims

One thing our recruitment partners are really good at is understanding the need for their contractors to have a proper package of…

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What are the latest updates to the Kingsbridge Status Tool?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock at the bottom of the ocean somewhere close to Antarctica, you’ll know about…

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How to protect your recruitment company from cyber-attacks

At the end of September, it was reported that Recruitment agency Giant Group had been hit by a sophisticated cyber-attack, which resulted…

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HMRC begin IR35 compliance checks

Not even 6 months have passed since the IR35 reforms to the private sector, but it has been reported that…

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HMRC vs the DWP, Home Office and HMCTS. What’s happened so far?

In recent months it has been revealed, via their respective 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts, that three public sector bodies – the Department of…

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HM Courts and Tribunal Service receive £12.5m IR35 bill

HM Courts and Tribunal Service have become the latest victim of the IR35 legislation, and have been hit with a…

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Why you need your IR35 compliance in place

Recruiters and contractors should give themselves a big pat on the back for the largely smooth switch into the new IR35 regulations…

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Changing your onboarding practices post-COVID

COVID-19 turned our lives upside down, and now that things are getting back to normal, recruiters might be looking to…

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Home Office fined by HMRC over incorrect IR35 assessments

The Home Office are the latest Government body to be subject to an IR35 bill, following on from the recent…

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DWP hit with £87.9m IR35 bill by HMRC over contractor status

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), a Government Body, has been issued with a staggering tax bill of £87.9…

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Why you should use anything but CEST

Last month, it was revealed that over 210,000 users of the CEST tool received an indeterminate result, according to statistics released by GOV.UK. The data, which…

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How your team can balance working from home and the office

If the COVID-19 crisis showed us anything, it’s that working from home can be just as productive as working from…

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5 things recruiters should think about other than IR35

We’re guilty of it too – concentrating solely on IR35 at the expense of…well, everything else! IR35 presented big changes…

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The top 10 management tools for recruiters

“This Teams meeting could have been an email”. How many times have we all felt that through lockdown? Or, worse…

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IR35 Webinar: APSCo`s Insights Post-April

Kingsbridge are delighted to be welcoming Tania Bowers, General Counsel and Head of Public Policy at APSCo, to our next…

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FAQs from our IR35 webinar: Mitigating IR35 Risk

The new IR35 rules are officially here. These regulations are part of a series of reforms designed to crack down on “off-payroll” working,…

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What is a Managed Service company?

A number of market commentators have raised questions about the potential risk to recruiters of being caught in the crosshairs of the MSC…

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Just 14% of contractors would accept an inside IR35 determination

We’re finally seeing temperatures creeping above zero and the first buds are coming out. Spring is on its way. For…

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How everyone in the supply chain can mitigate risk

IR35 reforms in April mean that there are big changes coming to the way that the contractor supply chain works. Everyone…

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The importance of enforcing IR35 insurance

For those who are hopeful of another delay to IR35 reforms, head straight to our earlier blog which will explain why…

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IR35 Reform: Time to prepare, Andy Vessey says no to delay

It happened last year, so it might just happen again, right? With all the chaos of new lockdowns, school closures…

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What`s new with our IR35 status tool

The Kingsbridge Status Tool is one of the best IR35 solutions currently on the market, but we’re not ones to rest on…

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5 reasons the Kingsbridge Status Tool is the best IR35 solution right now

Somehow, it’s nearly the end of the year. That means we’re just a few short months away from the private…

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HMRC say soft landing of private sector IR35 reform will be honoured

Earlier this year, the government postponed the implementation of the IR35 reform as part of wider measures to bolster the UK…

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I`m an accountant: What do my contractors need to do to prepare for IR35?

Your contracting clients have had a tough year: they’ve seen work cancelled at short notice and been repeatedly overlooked by…

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Keep your contractors outside IR35 with these off-payroll expert tips

The self-employed contribute around £305 billion a year to the UK economy and with businesses hard hit by COVID, the…

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How recruiters can get end clients on-side for the IR35 reform

After years of worry for recruiters, contractors and end clients alike, the IR35 reform is definitely on its way next April. While…

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Government help for the self-employed update

When the UK went into lockdown in March, the effect on the nation’s self-employed was instantaneous. Around 15% of the UK workforce – which…

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The Big IR35 Survey

Earlier in the year, we launched a survey asking recruiters about the impending IR35 reforms, which were delayed from April 2020…

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IR35 webinar: Our off-payroll experts answer your questions

Earlier this month we ran a webinar hosted by Kingsbridge’s own team of IR35 experts to arm recruiters, accountants, and end clients with the information they need to prepare themselves and their contractors for the…

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Why the energy sector is booming right now and what it could mean for your business

Coronavirus has had an impact on every area of the UK economy for better or worse, and the energy sector…

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IR35: Challenges and Opportunities

What the IR35?! Podcast: Ann Swain and Tania Bowers from APSCo give us an insight into the future of the contract market

It’s time for What the IR35?! again – Kingsbridge’s podcast for all things IR35. In this, the sixth episode, hosts…

IR35: Challenges and Opportunities

What the IR35?! Podcast – Frances Lewis from Osborne Clarke gives her thoughts on opportunities for recruiters

Kingsbridge MD Tom Wynne and Legal Manager Nicola Hayman are back with their podcast What the IR35?! and a riveting…

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Why it is crucial that end clients get IR35 right in 2021

The IR35 reform has dominated contractor news since the public sector rollout in April 2017. It’s generally accepted that this…

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Kingsbridge wins Broker Innovation Award with cutting-edge IR35 solution

Innovation sits at the heart of everything we do here at Kingsbridge. We’re constantly striving to create better products so…

IR35: Challenges and Opportunities

What the IR35?! Podcast ? Will IR35 ever move up the priority list?

Kingsbridge’s MD Tom Wynne and Legal Manager Nikki Hayman continue their What the IR35?! podcast, joined this week by Matt…

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IR35 reform countdown: what are the minor status tests?

Written by Zara Butt, IR35 Status Specialist  The private sector IR35 reform was cemented to go ahead in April 2021 after…

IR35: Challenges and Opportunities

What the IR35?! Podcast ? James Poyser: The brains behind OffPayroll.org.uk and why he created it

Kingsbridge continues its What the IR35?! podcast series with a packed second episode. This week, Kingsbridge’s MD Tom Wynne and…