Economy
FCSA responds to today’s Budget statement
Investment in key sectors is welcomed, but no detail about government support to provide the labour required to realise such ambitious plans.
27 October 2021
Economy
48% of workers in accommodation and food services have less than 2 years service
With the accommodation and food services sector facing new COVID-related trading restrictions, and with the ending of the current furloughing scheme fast approaching, new ONS
25 September 2020
Economy
Three in ten SIESS claims made by construction workers
Data published by HMRC for the period ending 30 June highlights that three in ten Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) claim (31%) were made by
19 August 2020
Economy
27% of UK workers are still working exclusively from home, many of them contractors
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, only 5% of UK workers predominantly operated from home. As of 8 – 12 July 2020, more than a quarter
31 July 2020
Economy
Will the Job Retention Bonus save the anticipated 1 million CJRS-related job losses?
In research by YouGov in June 2020, 51% of all businesses knew that they would need to make redundancies at the end of the CJRS scheme in October 2020.
21 July 2020
Claims for SEISS received from 70% of entitled population
Read the latest market analysis from FCSA.
20 June 2020
Coronavirus
Cumulative value of grants and loans made to businesses through government emergency coronavirus interventions shy of £50bn
Latest market analysis by FCSA shows the value of bounce-back loans exceeds CJRS grants and just 12% of agency workers furloughed.
6 June 2020
Economy
37% of temporary/casual employee jobs paid outside a monthly pay cycle
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has likely been designed with monthly paid workers in mind. However, 37% of temporary and casual roles are paid
14 April 2020
Economy
Brexit and Freelancer Tax deals double blow for UK’s freelance workforce new research highlights
These are just some of the findings from a collaborative survey conducted by professional membership body the FCSA and cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent amongst 500 self-employed freelancers and contractors.
3 July 2019
Economy
New research highlights confusion amongst self-employed regarding Off-Payroll reforms
One in five UK sole traders are needlessly making plans to address the impact of proposed Off-Payroll reforms despite the legislation not affecting them, new
29 May 2019
Health & social care online job adverts up 20% year-on-year as 1 in 11 NHS posts remain vacant
Following the announcement of the Government’s 10-year Plan for the NHS in early January, many commentators expressed concern that the proposals fail to tackle workforce
8 January 2019
