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IR35: Challenges and Opportunities

71% of contractors are looking for outside IR35 roles: what can recruiters do?

It’s become one of the biggest challenges in contractor recruitment – contractors are hungry for outside IR35 roles, but there…

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Cyber security: 5 things recruitment businesses should know

How clued up are you and your team on cyber security? Do you know your malware from your phishing scams?…

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FAQs from our IR35 webinar: Mitigating IR35 Risk

Last week, Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax, Andy Vessey, joined our IR35 Project Manager, Ryan Dawson, for an ‘Ask The Experts’…

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Liz Truss announced as new PM: What will happen with IR35?

With the bookie’s favourite Liz Truss announced as the new Conservative leader and, consequently, Prime Minister in the last few…

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Liz Truss promises IR35 review if she becomes next PM

In a wide-ranging interview with The Sun on Sunday at the weekend, Conservative leadership hopeful, Liz Truss, promised a review…

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What to consider when recruiting engineering contractors

Engineers keep the world moving and push innovation forwards. As the world faces new challenges like climate change and food…

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Committee of Public Accounts highlights high levels of non-compliance with IR35 in central government

Recently, the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts – a cross-party committee of MPs appointed by the House of…

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7 tips to increase your productivity as an accountant

Accountants know better than anyone that time is money. So, if your working days are filled with half-finished tasks, email…

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Kingsbridge hosts highly successful Industry Insight panel event

It has been a full year since the IR35 reforms were rolled out for the private sector – something that…

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How to make the 4 day week work for recruitment companies

This spring has been filled with lots of blissful Bank Holidays, which has made our thoughts turn again to the…

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How recruitment companies can engage with umbrella companies compliantly

In our recent IR35 survey, an overwhelming 80% of recruiters said they engaged with umbrella companies. But with some horror…

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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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Recruiter Productivity Tips

With more of us heading back into the office regularly, we are having to readjust to the ways we used…

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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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How can our IVT tool help recruiters with IR35?

What is the Kingsbridge IR35 Status tool? Long-time readers of the blog will know all about the Kingsbridge IR35 Status Tool.…

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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…