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Simon Moore

Simon writes impartial news and engaging features for the contractor industry, covering, IR35, the loan charge and general tax and legislation. He also edits and commissions viewpoint pieces and ‘how to’ guides from the industry’s leading experts.

He trained under NCTJ-approved journalism tutors before working in the newsrooms of leading consumer, local and national media titles.

He is the managing director of Moore News Ltd, whose clients include trade publications, digital start-ups and FTSE-listed recruiters.

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Not since May 1998 has appetite for technology skills on a temp basis been so 'huge.'

Two studies put one in three contractors as not caught by the ‘damning’ April 6th rules.

Taxman accused of 'doing all he can to hold on to people’s money, in defiance of Morse.'

A multi-million pound worker compensation bill could compel droves of employers – and self-employed individuals – to act.

The Guardian asks to hear from the excluded; The Times ‘misses the elephant in the room’ and The Sun is seen as a warning.

Ideas to regulate brollies are flowing thick and fast, with many saying the ultimate solution rests with end-users.

Respected advisory firm’s ‘reform can be managed’ comment positioned to MPs as proof off-payroll reform is being welcomed.

Signs the government is potentially open to acting against brollies indicates 'all is not lost.'

Almost ten well-established contractor sector businesses say they’d sign their names to the Poyser-Seeley Harris plan.

Except for technical-types typically sole trading, contractors are glum about their business, more so than about the economy -- IPSE.

Taxman ‘buckles down’ on a suspected CJRS rip-off and in the same loop, an alleged multi-million-pound scam.

Agents back an 11th hour extension, but say virtual checks are so much better they should be here to stay.

An audit, of sorts, to work out how 48,000 mini umbrellas have sprung up so quickly begins.

The taxman is trying to blow the whistle on the Match of the Day presenter, but experts say he’s got an open goal -- his brand.

Updates on .gov in wake of IR35 reform indicate the Revenue realises the brolly situation.

Courier firm gets cut off from appealing, but many are challenging the government not to sit idle.

The digital system works, government told, so reverting to physical checks with covid still lingering is ‘nonsensical.’

Amid accounts of homelessness, death and life-changing pursuits, contractors can now tell campaigning MPs what they could cope with.

Chatting is recommended to help keep the weight of formal disagreements to a mere ‘deluge.’

Taxman takes on board two errors he made, but is warned: ‘I shall keep nit-picking.’