HMRC has just launched its latest IR35 consultation, with responses due by May 28th. The IIM will reply and if you would like to forward any comments or suggestions for our consideration, please respond by commenting to this item. The paper introduction sets the scene: “The government announced at Budget 2018 that to increase compliance […]

The latest implementation of the Taylor review was issued on 17 December 2018, when the UK government released the “Good Work Plan,” which sets out its vision for the future of the UK labour market. It proposes legislative changes “to ensure that workers can access fair and decent work, that both employers and workers have the clarity […]

It has taken HMRC 12 months to come to the conclusion that a contract was outside IR35, in spite of a substitution clause that was actually implemented during the contract period several times. The freelancer company could have been facing an estimated increased tax bill of c.£100,000. The situation was reported in Recruitment Grapevine News, […]

Clearwater international has issued its ‘Recruiter Fast50’ list and it is included here for your interest. Of the companies included, a couple of interim providers appear at number 3 (Green Park) and 16 (BIE Executive), with 56% and 32.6% annual increases in revenues respectively. A well done to them from the IIM. The short report […]

The latest release from our colleagues at DDIM in Germany shows that the market continues to grow at pace there, with number of interim execs now at the 10,000 mark, along with high utilisation levels averaging over 170 days in 2018 and day rates over Euro 1100. 2019 forecasts say this trend is set to […]

Just prior to Christmas, HMRC sent the letter shown below to ‘encourage’ people who work in the public sector to pay more tax. One of the people who received this, in fact, had not worked in the period in the public sector and had submitted their tax return previously for the period and this had […]

The IIM has been involved through Maurizio Quarta, the head of our Italian chapter, in the establishment of the Adriatic Temporary Management Club, using the following logo: Miro Skalicki, Dražena Kreković, Dragan Munjiza and Zvonimir Musa have been instrumental in helping establish the new organisation on the ground and we wish them well with the development […]

For those of you following the Spanish Interim management Congress, we have now received the full press release, linked here. The key players within AIME are, from left to right: Pio Iglesias (President of AIME), Gianpiero Brozzi and Jose Luis Portela Lopez, directors. Any of these gentlemen are a good contact if you are interested in […]

The Association of Interim Managers in Spain (AIME) held their 2nd national congress on October 4th, which was a tremendous success with nearly 350 people attending during the day. One of the AIME congress sessions held in Madrid The IIM was invited to participate in the event and Tony Evans, Co-Chairman, represented the institute on […]