Recent calls for the government to scale back on its ambitions to enhance worker rights will no doubt resonate with many businesses. There is a plethora of evidence that higher NICs and increases [...]

ARC’s Response to the recent Consultation on modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework. To view the response you can download the document using the link below, or view the document [...]

Yesterday our legal team at Lawspeed held a face to face seminar to discuss the current consultation on modernising the agency work regulatory framework. Joined by two policy representatives from [...]

Date: Thursday 19th March 2026 Time: 15:00 – 17:00 Location: Lockton: The St Botolph Building | 138 Houndsditch | London | EC3A 7AG ARC meetings are back on the agenda! As this is [...]

Whilst HMRC is confident that its knockout blow on umbrella non-compliance will soon produce dividends, the other side of the coin needs factoring in. In my previous articles (Perception risk [...]

It’s easy to overstate the coming problems with Chapter 11, and there will undoubtedly be those who argue that there is nothing to worry about. But in drafting the legislation as it is, the [...]

The JSL rules contained in Chapter 11, which are set to apply from April 2026, come with a hidden risk affecting the entire recruitment supply industry. That risk is perception. The evidence [...]

It’s hard to believe that 5 years have passed since Key Information Documents (KiDs) came into being. Yet the measure still causes some controversy and is believed to be the most common area of [...]

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (‘ARC’) has responded to the Treasury’s proposed legislation imposing joint and several liability for umbrella taxes. This legislation is intended to [...]

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) calls upon the recruitment industry and hirers to lobby for the scrapping of HMRC’s proposals addressing tax non compliance by umbrella [...]