Reply to: Eagle Umbrella

[bangface]

Also Prosperity 4 are very good I hear.

[max]

Parasol have been great for me.

Also Prosperity 4 are very good I hear.

[richard-af]

I would advise very strongly against using them to anyone - even lower earners. They are terrible!!

Parasol have been great for me.

[Lotech]

Have a look at Parasol

I used them for 3 and a bit years and never had a problem. Left only because i wanted to set up LTD co otherwise would have no problem still being with them now.

I would advise very strongly against using them to anyone - even lower earners. They are terrible!!

[TheFaQQer]

Hmm, I assume there is a hint of sarcasm in your response as not all that I have read on this forum is quite as positive regarding Giant.

There is, indeed, a hefty amount of sarcasm.

BUT they did win Umbrella Co of the Year.

As I said earlier, I have my own Ltd, so don't do umbrella - from what I read here, though I'd never go near Giant. PCG have their own one, which should be good, but I don't know.

[Ardesco]

I agree - I believe that Giant won "Umbrella Company of the Year" at the prestigious ContractorUK awards last year.

They seem to get a good press, I've never heard a word against them, and think they are lovely...

I said on the forums, not on the site

[Metromaniac]

They seem to get a good press, I've never heard a word against them, and think they are lovely...

Hmm, I assume there is a hint of sarcasm in your response as not all that I have read on this forum is quite as positive regarding Giant.

[TheFaQQer]

Well as an umbrella doesn't let you take divvies and all of your income will go through PAYE IR35 doesn't apply, so they are correct in this instanse. However I think this is prolly some Sikh guy (bearing in mind the websites it links to) trying to set his LTD Co up as a umbrella company in an attempt to make a bit more dough on the side. i would give it a miss and go for one of the ones that are spoken highly of on these forums.

I agree - I believe that Giant won "Umbrella Company of the Year" at the prestigious ContractorUK awards last year.

They seem to get a good press, I've never heard a word against them, and think they are lovely...

[Ardesco]

Claims of "no risk of IR35 investigations" (well, duh!!) I can understand - how they ensure that there is "no higher rate tax liability at the end of the year" beats me, though - what do they do with anything over £38k???

Well as an umbrella doesn't let you take divvies and all of your income will go through PAYE IR35 doesn't apply, so they are correct in this instanse. However I think this is prolly some Sikh guy (bearing in mind the websites it links to) trying to set his LTD Co up as a umbrella company in an attempt to make a bit more dough on the side. i would give it a miss and go for one of the ones that are spoken highly of on these forums.

[Metromaniac]

I went to the site map, then to "Articles" and it redirected me to OnlyPunjab.com

Other sites that the "Articles" link to include

- ezinearticles.com
- websitepaymentsystems.com
- creditcards24.biz

Oh dear, I thought you were joking, I just checked it out, took me a few mins to find it though as I didn't realise the world gif was the site map and then sure enough I too was transported to OnlyPunjab.com and ezines etc with pop ups a plenty when I tried the links in the articles section. This is really not very good and far from my expectation of a professional services provider particularly one that is dealing with ones finances!

Thanks for the feedback, I kinda already made my mind up about them but I think this concretes my decision not to use their services in the future.

[TheFaQQer]

I went to the site map, then to "Articles" and it redirected me to OnlyPunjab.com

Other sites that the "Articles" link to include

- ezinearticles.com
- websitepaymentsystems.com
- creditcards24.biz

[Cooperinliverp00l]

Have a look at Parasol

I used them for 3 and a bit years and never had a problem. Left only because i wanted to set up LTD co otherwise would have no problem still being with them now.

[TheFaQQer]

I go a lot on quality of website, which rules these guys out as a starter.

Claims of "no risk of IR35 investigations" (well, duh!!) I can understand - how they ensure that there is "no higher rate tax liability at the end of the year" beats me, though - what do they do with anything over £38k???

Doesn't look good to me, but then I never look at umbrella companies anyway.

[Metromaniac]

Never heard of them


HTH

Nor me until the other day. I've been doing a lot of searching on umbrella's recently and trying to find out who would be a bona fide one to trust as my circumstances are looking to change in the near future and so many colleagues have mentioned so many different umbrella's yet most of them either have bad press or don't check out too good.

15A Harbour Road sounds like a residential address too??

[Ardesco]

Never heard of them


HTH