Matt Collingwood

Matt Collingwood is the Managing Director of VIQU Ltd. an IT recruitment and project-based consultancy company with offices in Birmingham and Southampton. Matt is also the co-founder of the Recruitment Canaries, a network of West Midlands based recruitment agencies who encourage collaboration, best practice and upholding the standards and ethics of the recruitment industry.

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Contractors’ Questions: Should agencies be clearer on inside IR35 contract rates?

‘Agents ought to push back on short inside IR35 gigs, and stop misrepresenting pay.’

28th April, 2021 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

A 40% contractor rate increase thanks to IR35 reform? It’s achievable

Universal it’s not, but clients are forking out more for freelance tech skills, knowing the off-payroll rules are hurting.

23rd April, 2021 | Comment

The UK’s brisk reopening from covid-19 will likely offset IR35 reform’s initial malaise

Taxing off-payroll rules just as the economy fires up? Believe it or not, the timing could hardly be better.

20th April, 2021 | Comment

Contractors, why use a recruitment agency that accepts incorrect IR35 status decisions?

Like some HR teams and clients, not all agents push back on off-payroll negligence. Seems PSCs have a choice to make.

16th September, 2020 | Comment