Business Toolkit · Recruitment
Recruitment is a cashflow business dressed up as a people business — you pay temps weekly while clients pay in 30, 60 or 90 days, and the compliance landscape around umbrellas and off-payroll working keeps shifting. We work with agencies and independent consultants to keep the engine running and the margins visible.
Where it goes wrong
None of these are hard to fix once you know they're there. They're the first things we look at with a new recruitment client.
Temp desk cashflow — funding weekly payroll while waiting on client payment terms.
Since 6 April 2026, the agency contracting with the end client can be jointly liable for PAYE tax and National Insurance due on workers supplied through an umbrella company.
IR35 responsibilities depend on the end client and contractual chain — the end client usually determines status, while an agency may be responsible for operating PAYE. Different rules apply to small private-sector clients.
Not knowing gross profit per consultant, per desk or per client — so the wrong activity gets rewarded.
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How to fund weekly payroll without strangling the business.
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What changed from April 2026 and the checks every agency now needs to make.
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Who decides, who pays, and how to keep contractors compliant.
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The numbers that separate a busy agency from a profitable one.
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These guides are general information based on current UK rules and aren't a substitute for advice on your own circumstances. Rates and thresholds change — book a call and we'll check your position.
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