Paid & Billed blogPlain-English guides to pay and bill, margin, compliance and growing a runner book.https://paidandbilled.com/en-GBEmployment Intermediaries Reports: What UK Recruitment Agencies Need to Send HMRChttps://paidandbilled.com/blog/employment-intermediaries-report-recruitment-agencies/https://paidandbilled.com/blog/employment-intermediaries-report-recruitment-agencies/How UK recruitment agencies send HMRC's quarterly employment intermediaries report: who must report, which contractors go on it, deadlines and penalties.Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTComplianceSelf-Billing Invoices for Contractors: How They Work in the UKhttps://paidandbilled.com/blog/self-billing-invoices-contractors-uk/https://paidandbilled.com/blog/self-billing-invoices-contractors-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.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTComplianceIR35 for Recruitment Agencies: Fee Payer, SDS and Marginhttps://paidandbilled.com/blog/ir35-for-recruitment-agencies/https://paidandbilled.com/blog/ir35-for-recruitment-agencies/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.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCompliancePAYE vs Umbrella vs Ltd Contractors: A Guide for Agencieshttps://paidandbilled.com/blog/paye-vs-umbrella-vs-limited-company-contractors/https://paidandbilled.com/blog/paye-vs-umbrella-vs-limited-company-contractors/How PAYE, umbrella and limited company contractors change an agency's pay, billing and margin, including the April 2026 umbrella rules and IR35.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPay and billHow to calculate margin on a contract placement (with a worked example)https://paidandbilled.com/blog/contract-placement-margin-calculation/https://paidandbilled.com/blog/contract-placement-margin-calculation/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.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMarginThe cost of getting pay and bill wronghttps://paidandbilled.com/blog/cost-of-getting-pay-and-bill-wrong/https://paidandbilled.com/blog/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.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPay and billHow to stop chasing contractor timesheets before payroll cut-offhttps://paidandbilled.com/blog/chasing-contractor-timesheets-payroll-cut-off/https://paidandbilled.com/blog/chasing-contractor-timesheets-payroll-cut-off/Still chasing contractor timesheets every Friday? Practical fixes for UK recruitment agencies to get timesheets in before payroll cut-off.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTimesheets