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15th October 2008: The website update and new payment contracts
Well the launch of the new self employed payment options (CIS and Solo for the uninitiated) was a success and I for one am, pleased that some of the pressure is off so I can get the rest of the site up to speed and the blog back on a more normal weekly schedule.
We've been examining the self employment option since before April last year and, as I mentioned recently, we've re-structured our business to make sure you're getting a safe, flexible and compliant set of payment options.
We are really pleased with the number of people who are signing up for CIS and Solo. The first few people will be paid through the self employed systems this Friday with, we anticipate, more joining over the upcoming weeks.
We are finding that lots of people are moving into CIS or Solo from running their own limited or Personal Service Companies, one of the most common complaints being the volume of administration required to keep the companies running. What's quite revealing is the number of people calling us who are currently with a Gabem Umbrella Company and are deciding to stay with that payroll option. In hindsight this makes a fair amount of sense as it's probably the easiest way to get paid and you can claim expenses weekly rather than having to wait until the end of the year.
If you plan on staying with a Gabem Umbrella Company for the foreseeable future these changes give you the option of switching to a self employed payment option if your circumstances change. The end result is you can rely on Gabem to be your one-stop-shop for all your payment needs. In addition, we have started to make changes to our website, I hope you like them. There will be more, less dramatic changes over the next few weeks.
The site isn't the only thing to have changed, below are links to all the new brochures, application forms and various other forms that have been re-designed with our new look. Feel free to download them or just call our Customer Service team and they'll be happy to talk you through the new payment options and send you out information on anything you are interested in.
On a side note, Susan's Legal Bits will be updated at some point this week replying to a question that Susan received about the difference between CIS self employment and umbrella companies she was also asked about the security of "Offshore" payroll schemes. We are just waiting for permission from the sender of the email to put the text of the email here on the site. As soon as we have it I will put it up.
Anyway back to work. Here are those downloads as promised, and feel free to get in touch by clicking on Hugo below.
Gabem self employed and umbrella company brochure
Gabem Umbrella Company application form
Gabem Solo and CIS application form
Gabem Benefits & Gabem Pensions
Gabem Personal Accident Insurance
(I'll post more with the blog as I get them)
Hugo
15/10/2008
