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Umbrella membership: Clarity over pay and contracts
Umbrella membership: Clarity over pay and contracts
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Gain clarity on your pay, contracts and rights as an umbrella worker with IPSE Umbrella membership, offering expert tax, legal and IR35 support.

03 Jun 2026
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Josh Toovey
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Here's the key tax implications for every self-employed business structure
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Not sure which structure is right for your self-employed business? In this blog, experts from Qdos runs through the key tax implications of each one.

31 Mar 2026
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Qdos
The Secret Contractor This is how much more you should charge to work inside IR35 Listing
The Secret Contractor: This is how much more you should charge to work inside IR35
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In this secret contractor blog, an anonymous IPSE member shares their verdict on how much more you should charge for working inside IR35.

12 Jun 2025
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The Secret Contractor
Will government get moving on umbrellas?
Will government get moving on umbrellas?
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With the majority of avoidance schemes still being styled as umbrella services, IPSE’s Joshua Toovey urges government to get moving on regulation of umbrellas.

05 Sep 2024
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Josh Toovey
Umbrella regulation in precarious position after tax admin day 2
Umbrella regulation in “precarious position” after tax admin day
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Proposals for an umbrella company due diligence regime are in a “precarious position” unless government shows “urgency” to develop them, warns IPSE.

18 Apr 2024
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Umbrella company regulation: Five things contractors should watch out for
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With an update from government due in two weeks, IPSE's Joshua Toovey recaps what contractors should look out for in these proposals to regulate the umbrella comp...

04 Apr 2024
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Josh Toovey
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The Secret Contractor: Navigating the world of umbrellas in my first inside IR35 engagement
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In part 1 of my story, I explained how I found myself in the predicament of taking my first inside IR35 engagement.

24 Jan 2024
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Umbrella company workers believe that there are no advantages to working via an umbrella company, new IPSE research finds
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New research from IPSE has found that despite over a third (34%) of self-employed workers operating through an umbrella company, over 3 in 5 (61%) umbrella compan...

04 Oct 2023
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Government’s umbrella shake-up risks yet more upheaval for contractors
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Fred Hicks explores how plans to regulate umbrella companies could see supply chains abandon them altogether, and what it means for contractors.

03 Aug 2023
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Spotlight on IR35: New versions of the same problems for off-payroll working
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Following the release of IPSE's inaugural IR35 Spotlight, Fred Hicks discusses the changing face of the off-payroll reforms' flaws and the need for HMRC to robust...

14 Jun 2023
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Fred Hicks
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Government reveals long-awaited plans to tackle umbrella non-compliance
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After waiting almost one and a half years for the government to publish their plans on regulation of the umbrella company market, we finally got a 58-page consult...

08 Jun 2023
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Josh Toovey
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EU law reforms to restore certainty for umbrella workers over holiday pay
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With contractors increasingly operating via umbrella companies since the 2017 and 2021 IR35 changes, holiday pay arrangements have come under greater scrutiny by ...

18 May 2023
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Josh Toovey

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