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Re: Recommended Umbrella Company
The candidates we place typically don't have a ltd company and will ask us if we know of any good umbrella companies. We've then passed on details of a couple of umbrella companies who we thought were reputable, only for the candidates to struggle to get prompt...
We're traditionally a permanent IT Recruitment Agency who occasionally do introduce contractors to our clients on a contract basis. As such, the contractor will be employed on site through an umbrella company and we take a small introduction fee.
The question is, which umbrella companies come...
Well thanks for all of your feedback.
We've now moved ahead with the idea and the new website can be found at Contract Recruitment, with a flat fee of £2000 (or £500 a month for short term contracts).
We're already getting enquiries so fingers crossed.
Any further thoughts appreciated...
Thanks for all your thoughts.
With regards to your question JoJoGabor and indeed some others, if you were to work through an umbrella company you would still be paid on time as the Umbrella Company will have done the credit check and will pay you even if they haven't.
Dodgy agent - priceless...
Firstly, to answer your question, there is nothing at all to stop you from going through an Umbrella Company which would get around the headcount issue and indeed the claiming back of expenses. That way the Umbrella Company will have done the initial credit checks and will enable you to have one...
Thanks for the initial feedback.
With regards to the credit check, yes this is something we could offer.
We have been doing something similar recently on a lesser scale and a lot of companies are able to and happy to employ on a direct basis. Based on a 6 month contract £300 per day and a 15%...
Dear All,
I am after your feedback.
Firstly I'm from a permanent IT recruiter and we're thinking about offering the following service to supplement our current offering. Over the years we've stayed away from the contract market due to the back office logistics of it all but we're thinking...