Agency A were fine, had contracts ready before start date (just!) and let me use my LTD in the normal fashion. Agency B INSISTED that all 7 of them had to use the Umbrella company that they just happened to own or no contracts would be issued. They'd all started before contracts were issued (usual last second rush job to backfill), which probably never wise…
In the end it took the threat of all 7 to walk out and leave ClientCo in the lurch for Agency B to eventually relent. When I told (my) Agency A about it all they chortled and said that company and its offshoots had a reputation for doing exactly that!
Makes me wonder how many people have been stiffed into going umbrella against their will and losing out on money

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