I am considering moving from operating under my own Ltd company to using an Umbrella.
There are a number of more obvious reasons (entitlement to such things as holiday pay and sick pay – even though I think I’ve had one day sick in the last three years).
But amongst the less obvious benefits are that an Umbrella would bring me back in to the status of being an employed person (and that would bring me back in to the PAYE scheme).
There are a lot of layers to this decisions; many things to unpick and mull over.
But I’m mulling.
In other, totally unrelated news: with the release of last month’s ‘Magnetic’ album on vinyl, I have rediscovered the Goo Goo Dolls.
I’m not going to write a big review here (you can go to NME for that), but I would like to thank the music PR who sent me a copy, and for putting an extra inch of musical spring in my step.
I know a lot of contractors who pay a touch more to use an umbrella company, but enjoy the benefits of someone else doing the work and the peace of mind that then brings.