Let's make it easy to engage flexible talent
IR35 has overcomplicated the hiring process with ruinous consequences for contractors, businesses and the wider economy. We lead on campaigning efforts to overhaul the rules and bring about clarity on employment status.
What we're calling for:
Our research
We make a difference with insights into IR35.
IR35 Spotlight 2025
Our Spotlight report for 2025 revealed a sharp increase in the number of contractors out of work.
IR35 Spotlight report 2024
Find out how the IR35 reforms continue to impact the sector with our tracker of key metrics.
IR35 Spotlight report 2023
Our innaugral IR35 Spotlight report reviewed the impact of the IR35 reforms.
Reviewing the umbrella company market
We reviewed what it means for contractors to now be operating via an umbrella company as a result of IR35.
How IR35 is impacting businesses
We worked with YouGov to demonstrate that businesses were also suffering at the hands of IR35.
Six months on from the reforms
Read our research from the immediate aftermath of the implementation of the reforms.
Reviewing the potential impact of the reforms
Two months prior to the implementation of the reforms, we asked contractors about their intentions.
Looking at the potential impact of the private sector reforms
Our research from 2020 reviewed the potential impact prior to the delay due to the pandemic.
Advice
Have a burning question about IR35?
Follow our advice and guides to help navigate the notoriously complex rules.
What else we've said on IR35...
In part 1 of my story, I explained how I found myself in the predicament of taking my first inside IR35 engagement.
New research has revealed that more than one in five (22%) of UK freelancers plan to seek contracts overseas in response to the IR35 reforms.
IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has today welcomed the Public Accounts Committee’s report on IR35 in the public sector.
