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Umbrella Company recommendation
« on: March 19, 2014, 08:03:07 pm »
Just Secured a 6 month contract with GE Aviation and need to register with an Umbrella Company, this will be the first time i have contracted so don't know which is best. Appreciated all are pretty much the same (HMRC compliance at least) but some are i would imagine better than others.

Narrowed it down to.
http://www.crystalumbrella.com
https://www.cloud9umbrella.com
http://www.access-a.co.uk
http://simplifybusiness.co.uk

Any recommendations  :smiley:
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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2014, 08:05:15 pm »
I used these http://www.parasolgroup.co.uk never had any issues with them.

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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2014, 08:35:14 pm »
One i had not considered :)
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2014, 08:55:23 pm »
I also have used parasol in the past with no problems,  although I would go down the Ltd company route personally

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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2014, 10:14:04 pm »
if the contract extends past 6 months and there is every chance it will, maybe then I'll go down the route of a limited company.
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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2014, 07:51:37 am »
If you go down the route of a limited company you  face IR35 issues
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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2014, 09:14:47 am »
I did consider trading as a limited company but as the contract is only 6 months decided the easies option would be umbrella company. If the contract gets extended past the 6 months i might reconsider.
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2014, 01:09:19 pm »
I used http://www.contractorumbrella.com for 3 years and as have a lot of colleagues. They are very good

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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2014, 05:28:37 pm »
I used these http://www.jsagroup.co.uk

Very good company to deal with

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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2014, 04:24:36 pm »
Thanks guys  :happy2:

Your input is really appreciated. I decided not to pursue the contract with GE and instead opted accepted an offer with Vodafone on a better day rate and longer duration. It does mean i will be commuting 90 miles a day but such is life  :smiley:
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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2014, 04:50:52 pm »
I thought you wanted an actual umbrella for keeping yourself dry  :signLOL:


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Re: Umbrella Company recommendation
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2014, 07:05:11 pm »
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