Five things you should know about your umbrella company’s dispensation 1. Have you seen it? Whilst you are safe from any risk of third party debt transfer when using an umbrella, most agencies do consider that they have a duty of care to their candidates where they make referrals to specific umbrella companies or indeed […]
Please be advised that if you were an active employee with Focused in the last week of tax year 2012-2013 and are still employed by Focused, your P60 is now available online. If you were an employee of Focused in the last week of tax year 2012-2013, but are no longer employed, you will receive […]
There are many reasons why people decide to temp, become freelance or pursue contracting as a career choice. Whatever those reasons are, the hassle can be taken out of that choice by using an umbrella company to pay their salary and manage all the necessary paperwork. By using Focused Umbrella, rather than being paid via […]
Today NEST have announced Focused as part of their selected employers list and we are delighted to tell you that Focused will be working along side NEST to fulfill automatic pension enrolment for all our employees. Focused elected to work with NEST to give our employees the greatest level of flexibility and portability with their […]
At Focused we always like to ensure our employees are earning as much as they can. Looking to the future it would appear there are a few surprising career paths that may be a lot more financially beneficial than you would currently assume. It would appear that the jobs we are doing now and the […]
As well as treating our members of staff to Easter treats and goodies we have donated an enormous parcel of 964 mini eggs to Action for Kids. Action for Kids helps disabled children and young people to independence and we felt a worthy cause deserving of a wonderful Easter gift. We hope you enjoy the […]
As it is Red Nose Day we thought we would show you exactly how our office decided to raise money. We have three offices we used this to create a little friendly competition, using all the red accessories we could find, our staff dressed up and ‘the big boss’ announced the team who had put in […]
As March is cancer awareness month, we thought we would share a member of our team’s story and show our support for Coppafeel. As published on the Daily Mail online, Kelly Bainbridge our customer service manager was sadly diagnosed with breast cancer, which later developed into brain cancer. Her story is both heartbreaking and inspirational […]
Real Time Information (RTI) is the biggest change to the PAYE scheme in many years, as a result all employers will be required to send payroll in ‘real time’, rather than at the end of the year. The benefits of this change will ensure all workers in the UK are paying the correct amount of […]
Focused’s stance on refusing to participate in Swedish Derogation solution proves to be the proper approach to the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) of October 2012. When AWR was introduced last October a number of umbrella companies cynically exploited a legal loophole in regulations to avoid paying agency workers the same as their colleagues on permanent […]
