Crest Plus has provided compliant, quality umbrella and CIS payments since 1999. We now pay in the region of 10,000 contractors each week and we’re the largest provider in the construction, trades and labour sector.
- Complete Compliance – We are accredited for both Umbrella and CIS self-employment services and have unrivalled knowledge and experience to support our agency partners and all contractors to operate compliantly. To ensure we remain at the forefront of compliance in the industry, we have instigated a process of continual improvement in association with BDO.
- On-time, Accurate Payments – Our payments team is the most experienced in the industry, with over 100 years of combined experience. Five members of the payments team have each been with Crest Plus for more than 18 years. The breadth and depth of knowledge in this team, along with their passion for excellence and unshakeable commitment to ensuring accurate payments for every worker, every time, means our reliability is a matter of personal and professional pride.
- Hassle-Free Service – from enquiry to onboarding to payment, every step in our approach has been designed to make life easier for contractors and consultants. Our Relationship Team is on hand to respond to referrals and agency enquiries in a timely manner. For contractors, our Customer Service Advisors are highly trained and empowered to take the time to talk to contractors to ensure they fully understand how our service works and how their payments are calculated.
Supporting Contractors
Each contractor:
- Receives a detailed pay illustration before they join us to ensure they know how their pay will be calculated.
- Has access to our Secure Members Area where they can obtain important documents like payslips 24/7 wherever they may be.
- The benefit of Crest Plus Advantage, our perks and rewards scheme which gives fantastic shopping and leisure discounts (including 10% off year-round at B&Q TradePoint) plus a range of mental health and wellbeing resources.
- All umbrella contractors receive employment benefits including holiday pay, sick pay, insurances and access to our pension scheme.
- CIS contractors can get help from our team with their self-assessment tax return.
- Has unlimited access to our expert team for advice and support whenever they need it.
Recruitment agency partners
Crest Plus provide a first-class service to all of our recruitment business clients, priding ourselves in offering a proactive added value, consultative approach, tailored to each recruitment agency.
At a time when determining employment status is more important than ever, you can be assured our contractors can only be assessed for a self-employment solution if the relevant recruitment agency approved person has communicated this as a suitable option. We then undertake our compliant contractor status assessment which enables both parties to determine the most suitable contracting option.
We operate an open door policy so any recruitment agency partner can call in to meet our team and learn more about how our operation works. This demonstrates our transparency and our belief in the quality and professionalism of the service we offer.
If you are a recruitment business looking for a professional long-established and trustworthy partner or an individual new to contracting who would like to discuss your options, or indeed if you have been contracting for a while and feel you would benefit from our additional support, please get in touch with a member of our friendly expert team. We will be more than happy to help you.
