Matrax is an Engineering and Technical staffing specialist that provides recruitment solutions to a wide range of clients in the public and private sector. We are based in the South West and support projects all over the UK.
FCSA was named Recruitment Industry Supplier of the Year at the 2026 Recruiter Awards, with two further wins at The Contracting Awards the same month.
No reform to the off-payroll working rules was announced in the Autumn Budget 2026, but HMRC enforcement against non-compliant supply chains has not slowed.
Digital verification is now the default, and here is what the right to work checks regime means for agencies and umbrella employers after October 2026.
HMRC’s finding that the department failed to take reasonable care makes the Cabinet Office IR35 penalty a process warning for every UK end client.
Six months on from 6 April 2026, joint and several liability still has no reasonable care defence: agencies carry the PAYE risk whatever checks they ran.
The National Living Wage of £12.71 per hour puts umbrella payroll construction under scrutiny, with HMRC enforcing and JSL raising the stakes for agencies.
