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Spring is finally officially here, I have to admit I was getting a little sick of Winter. With it come the usual yearly chores that are part of working for an umbrella company, nothing too painful, just the equivalent of spring cleaning I suppose.

Payroll have been dealing with the usual payroll year end, although it has been almost suspiciously frustration free this year with payment gateways running like clockwork (one government IT project that appears to have been a success).

The budget was a welcome anti-climax with very few changes beyond the basic requirements that every business has to make. I'm not going to lie to you the umbrella company industry could do with a little excitement (or any excitement for that matter) but a quiet budget is a good budget as far as we are concerned.

The only thing that hasn't been running like clockwork are the blog posts, and for that I apologise, all my fault, I am 100% to blame. it was time well spent I assure you, as I have been working with the IT department on some exciting things for later in the year. The members section which (hopefully many of you use) is a little dated, but that is all set to change.

We've been putting together a new design with new functionality that will make it possible for you to deal with practically any aspect of your Gabem employment or self-employment from where ever you are in the world. On top of that we aim to have online sign up in the near future, making it much easier for new people to join up or come back to Gabem.

I have already started a post for next week, so we should be back on track blog wise, thank you for your patience.

Anyway look after yourselves and enjoy the sun while it lasts, lets hope Iceland doesn't ruin it.

Hugo
@GabemUmbrella
16/04/2010