IPSE - worth renewing membership?

[LouC]

Thanks to those who offered sensible responses.

@Troll - yes, I am a real person.

@original PM - My first name is Lou, and my surname starts with C. I don't post much because I'm not so interested in chat. Sorry.

[Ticktock]

I don't post much because I'm not so interested in chat. Sorry.

A/S/L?

[TheFaQQer]

However it's time to renew my membership and I've seen they've rebranded themselves as IPSE, and the focus is much less on IT contractors. There's not much focus on their site about IR35.

I've emailed them to ask about this, but have received no reply.

Is anyone still with them? Do you think they'd still be useful in an IR35 situation?

If your only concern is IR35 protection, then there are other options available to you.

However, if you consider the range of benefits that they offer - jury duty, sickness cover, client bankruptcy cover, agency bankruptcy cover, lobbying the government, being the primary voice of independents - then membership should be a no-brainer.

You could ask the same question on the IPSE forums - or have a look over there as other people have asked the same kind of question recently. But you won't get much of a different answer than that given in this thread already.