by Ashley | Oct 24, 2022 | News
Last year, the Lighthouse Sportsman’s Luncheon raised £58,000 for the charity, which is why we’re over the moon to be sponsoring the event for the second year in a row. And we’re hoping this year’s event will raise even more money for this amazing charity. About...
by Ashley | Oct 24, 2022 | Employment Status
Claiming to be self-employed doesn’t make you self-employed in the eyes of the law. HMRC and the courts can reclassify your subcontractors as employees if there is enough evidence that the relationship is one of employer-employee. Having a contractual agreement...
by Ashley | Sep 27, 2022 | Employment Status
If you’ve ever looked into getting a subcontractor contract drawn up, you’ve probably come across the “right to substitution” clause. It’s something we’ve mentioned ourselves in previous blog posts. But what does it mean, how important is it, and are you obliged to...
by Ashley | Sep 27, 2022 | Payroll
You might think we’re pretty tough on payroll companies, and maybe we are. It’s not that we don’t think there is value in what they do – we just don’t like it when they use sneaky tactics to scare construction firms into working with them. It was this scaremongering...
by Ashley | Aug 22, 2022 | Construction Industry, Employment Status, Subcontractors
Ever thought it was strange that payroll and umbrella companies say you can’t pay subbies long-term, but then they do exactly that? Odd, isn’t it? What if we told you you don’t need a payroll or umbrella company to work with subbies long-term? You can pay them without...
