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Safeguarding Customer Data: Prioritising Data Security and Privacy in the Digital Age
In the digital age, where data has become an invaluable asset, ensuring the security and privacy of customer data is of paramount importance. Cyber threats and data breaches are...
What is the Difference between Inside and Outside IR35?
For many contractors and freelancers in the UK, the topic of IR35 can be both complex and confusing. And, as with all laws relating to tax, compliance is a must. Otherwise, the...
A Foolproof Guide to Shareholder Agreements
Shareholder agreements can protect you, your business and your fellow shareholders by establishing how the business will be run and how decisions will be made, but they don’t...
What are the IR35 Changes for the Private Sector?
It has been several years since the new rules on IR35 for the private sector were implemented. However, the new legislation has remained a common source of contention among...
Loss of profit, is it a direct or indirect loss?
Parties to contracts especially in construction, often include clauses in their contracts seeking to exclude claims for indirect and consequential losses, believing that such...
The Importance of Professional IR35 Contract Reviews
IR35 refers to a piece of tax legislation that has been a common source of contention among many contractors, freelancers and self-employed workers. In fact, many people have...
8 Top Tips on How to Deal with Late Payments
On December 3rd 2022, The Business Secretary Grant Shapps ordered a review aimed at tackling late payments for small businesses, suggesting that small businesses are owed £23.4bn...
6 Beliefs About Contracts that are Wrong
I don’t need a written contract Having a written contract is often low on the priority list when trading as a small business. Business owners will say “nothing has gone wrong so...
What you need to consider if your contractor goes bust
So you hired someone to provide services for you as a contractor and they go bust. It’s a tough situation and you might be feeling overwhelmed. You may think you're just out of...
5 Simple Steps to Writing a Non-Disclosure Agreement
If you’re dealing with confidential information or trade secrets, it’s always important to make sure that the people you’re sharing it with can be trusted to keep the information...
Share Options – Engaging employees with shares
Did you know you don’t have to pay your employees? Well, not quite, I am talking rubbish here. The minimum wage is still a thing, and your employees should be earning at least...