Best home office storage solutions for the self-employed
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by Martin Baxter
4y ago
As a contractor or freelancer, there will have always been some element of working from home to your role – even if it was just paperwork and bookkeeping a few times a month. But as we emerge into a post-lockdown world, you may find yourself working from home a lot more often and, for this reason, … Read more The post Best home office storage solutions for the self-employed appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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Business insurances you may not know you need
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by Hannah Robinson
4y ago
Business insurances are one of those things that every contractor knows they need but doesn’t really want to spend too much time thinking about. Nevertheless, it is important and you do need it. It’s not exaggerating to say that, if you make a mistake and have to compensate a client, insurance is the difference between … Read more The post Business insurances you may not know you need appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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How to win contract work as lockdown eases
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by Hannah Robinson
4y ago
Lockdown has been a struggle for many people for a variety of reasons. The self-employed have had a particularly tough break, with work significantly reducing or drying up completely, plus added uncertainty around government support. So, it’s been a relief for many contractors that lockdown has begun to ease and that clients are starting to … Read more The post How to win contract work as lockdown eases appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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Government support for the self-employed update: what you really need to know as a contractor
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by Hannah Robinson
4y ago
Over the last 12 weeks of lockdown, there’s been a whole lot of unclear advice and direction, including the government financial support options made available to the UK workforce. While employees received furlough payments as standard, the self-employed had no single clear choice that accommodated their unique working situations. Limited company contractors were amongst the … Read more The post Government support for the self-employed update: what you really need to know as a contractor appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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Why mutuality of obligation (MOO) shouldn’t be underestimated in an IR35 tribunal
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by Sophia Chance-Hyett
4y ago
Helen Fospero was the second limited company contractor in under a week to win an IR35 appeal last year, following in the footsteps of RALC Consulting’s Richard Alcock. Both cases were for substantial amounts of money respectively – Fospero’s ‘owed’ tax was a total of £80,770.96, Alcock’s was £243,324.00. Both contractors also won thanks to mutuality of obligation, or MOO - a status test that … Read more The post Why mutuality of obligation (MOO) shouldn’t be underestimated in an IR35 tribunal appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance ..read more
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I’m a contractor: should I get health insurance through my business?
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by Hannah Robinson
4y ago
The coronavirus pandemic is slowly but surely dying down, and lockdown is finally starting to ease. Some semblance of normality is only a couple of weeks away, and there’re many things to do to make sure you’re prepared, as a contractor, for getting back to work. One of the most important things to get organised … Read more The post I’m a contractor: should I get health insurance through my business? appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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A contractor’s checklist for returning to work
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by Hannah Robinson
4y ago
 It’s been a strange few months, the likes of which haven’t been seen in our lifetime and, hopefully, won’t be seen again. The pandemic and the ensuing lockdown have changed life in a variety of ways for all of us but we feel we can tentatively say that things are starting to head towards a … Read more The post A contractor’s checklist for returning to work appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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Best at-home coffee equipment (because we’re missing the good stuff)
Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog
by Hannah Robinson
4y ago
Lockdown has had us all missing some fairly mundane things about our day-to-day lives and coffee is definitely one of them. Whether it’s a tasty blonde cappuccino from the big chain by the station, an exquisite flat white from the hipster café around the corner, or a pick-me-up filter from the barista downstairs in your … Read more The post Best at-home coffee equipment (because we’re missing the good stuff) appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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What the IR35?! Podcast – Are the Self-Employed falling through the gaps of the governments’ financial support scheme?
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by Sophia Chance-Hyett
4y ago
Despite the COVID-19 lockdown keeping us all at home, IR35 reforms continue to loom on the horizon, albeit delayed until April 2021 due to the pandemic. During these uncertain times, Kingsbridge has launched a new weekly podcast series, What the IR35?!, speaking to experts on the IR35 situation to help make sense of it for … Read more The post What the IR35?! Podcast – Are the Self-Employed falling through the gaps of the governments’ financial support scheme? appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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What is a “COVID-secure” workplace?
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by Martin Baxter
4y ago
When announcing that those who could not work from home should be encouraged to return to work, Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that these workplaces should be “COVID-secure”. As a contractor, you may well find yourself returning to your clients’ place of work over the coming days or weeks, so how do you know if … Read more The post What is a “COVID-secure” workplace? appeared first on Kingsbridge Contractor Insurance Blog ..read more
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