Guides for contract desks
Practical writing on pay and bill, margin, compliance and growing a runner book, from the team building Paid & Billed.
Employment Intermediaries Reports: What UK Recruitment Agencies Need to Send HMRC
How UK recruitment agencies send HMRC's quarterly employment intermediaries report: who must report, which contractors go on it, deadlines and penalties.
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Self-Billing Invoices for Contractors: How They Work in the UK
How self-billing works for UK recruitment agencies paying Ltd contractors: the HMRC agreement you need, what each invoice must show, and common mistakes.
IR35 for Recruitment Agencies: Fee Payer, SDS and Margin
What IR35 means for UK recruitment agencies: when you're the fee payer, what a valid SDS needs, the margin hit inside IR35 and where liability lands.
PAYE vs Umbrella vs Ltd Contractors: A Guide for Agencies
How PAYE, umbrella and limited company contractors change an agency's pay, billing and margin, including the April 2026 umbrella rules and IR35.
How to calculate margin on a contract placement (with a worked example)
A plain-English guide for UK agencies to calculating contractor margin: pay rate vs charge rate, on-costs, PAYE vs umbrella vs Ltd, and how margin feeds commission.
The cost of getting pay and bill wrong
Small pay and bill errors in UK recruitment agencies compound into wrong margin, overpaid commission and cashflow gaps. Where it goes wrong and how to fix it.
How to stop chasing contractor timesheets before payroll cut-off
Still chasing contractor timesheets every Friday? Practical fixes for UK recruitment agencies to get timesheets in before payroll cut-off.
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