Hiring a Consultant
Are you thinking about hiring a consultant? Hiring a professional consultant for the first time can be daunting as they are not legally recognised as an employee, and work under a consultancy agreement on a self-employed contract basis. Scott Merrick Contractor Consulting (SMCC) understand that this is a specialist recruitment area which requires thorough understanding of consultancy agreements, contracts, HMRC, taxation and compliance issues pertaining to contracting a consultant.
Benefits of Hiring a Consultant
- Flexibility: Due to the changing status of the UK economy, more and more employers are gaining flexibility by hiring consultants.
- Liability: Consultants need to maintain their own public liability insurance
- Overheads: Consultants are responsible for paying their own tax and NI, as well as providing their own equipment
- Savings: Consultants are not entitled to company benefits such as pensions and paid holidays
- Expertise: Consultants are normally experienced individuals with a specialist skill set who have enjoyed exposure to other industries and companies.
Benefit of using SMCC as your Consultant Contract Partner
SMCC is an experienced specialist contractor consultancy who take care of the crucial gap in expertise and knowledge relating to the legal requirements of hiring and paying consultants to protect both parties through screening, running checks, payments, invoicing and drafting contracts, to ensure that all legal obligations are met. We also protect your company from any direct relationship issues that can be encountered when hiring consultant contractors, we move fast and are flexible to ever-changing HMRC regulations. Working closely with out legal partners we can create a legally binding consultancy agreement/contract that covers the following:
- Scope of work, timeline & milestones
- Payment & billing terms, including advance payments and late fees
- Ownership of intellectual property rights
- Termination conditions
- Confidentiality
- Dispute resolution
- Indemnity from tax and NI and more
SMCC provide a professional pain free contract consulting payroll and management service. We want the best for our clients and our business has grown as we manage any concerns regarding hiring skilled consultants on a contract basis. We work with in-house teams to achieve minimum disruption, streamline payments and invoicing to retain key contractors. If you are thinking of a hiring a consultant contact SMCC by calling 01277 211151 or by email.
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