Ahead of test cases in February 2026, Boox and Churchill Knight contractors have been selected for a pilot HMRC is already having to quietly apologise about.

How contractor recruitment agencies appear to be caught between two competing pieces of legislation, and what navigating the push-pull needs to involve.

Named and shamed’ avoidance schemes are taking keywords associated with contracting for their names. Or just potentially trading off someone else’s.

Being left out-of-pocket for an extensive period thwarts usually sensible debt recovery options, even if LinkedIn users say otherwise.

I have been invited to provide some legal input into this situation -- I will simplify it as “Can I invoice before the start of a contract?” For those ContractorUK readers who don’t know me, I’m a ...