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Where to find genuine work from home jobs in the uk, the ultimate resource for helping you find work from home jobs in the uk.

  Genuine work from home jobs in the UK aren’t always easy to find. While there’s been an increasing trend in remote work globally, the majority of remote work or work from home jobs opportunities are in the US. And yes, while remote work, or working from home technically means you can work from anywhere, most companies will prefer if you have a few hours overlap with their time zone.

So where can you find remote jobs in the UK? And how do you make sure they’re genuine roles?

I recently joined several work from home and remote work groups on Facebook and found so many posts claiming to offer easy ways of earning 1000s per month from home with little to no work. These are obviously scams. While there are some genuine jobs being posted, unless you know the company or the person advertising the role, I’d recommend looking elsewhere to land a genuine work from home job.

And that’s where this page comes in. Think of this page as your ultimate resource list for finding remote jobs in the UK. We’ll be sharing our favourite websites and resources to help you on your journey to finding your next role as well as tips and advice on landing yourself a genuine work from home job.  

Genuine Remote Jobs Sites in The UK

The easiest and most convenient place to look for remote work is on job boards. There are several that you can use to find genuine roles.    We Work Remotely

We Work Remotely is one of the most popular work from home job sites. While most of their opportunities are US-based, there are several UK and European based roles that you can look into. It’s free to use, and companies pay a $300 listing fee to advertise a role which increases the likelihood of the role being genuine. They include roles in Sales & Marketing, Development, DevOps, Business Management, Design, Finance, and more.   Pangian

Pangian is a rapidly growing remote work job site and community. You’ll have to sign up to their site to view jobs. It’s free to sign up to see most of the jobs. They also have a paid membership to be able to view all jobs listed. Their  search filter is handy showing you where the remote roles are from Anywhere, to the US, to Europe and Asia. They cover a wide spectrum of roles.   Europe Remotely

Europe Remotely is a curated list of genuine European-based remote roles. There’s a 99 euro fee for companies to list roles which acts as a good filter for roles that aren’t genuine.    remote | ok

Remote OK is the sister site of Nomad List. If you’ve never heard of Nomad List, they were one of the first listing sites offering valuable information on travel, work, and life around the world for digital nomads (a.k.a. people working remotely and travelling). Remote OK has a wide reach, claiming to reach over 1,000,000 remote workers through their site. They have a neat verification feature for the roles listed and charge $149 for companies to list. It’s free for you. Most of the roles are developer/engineering roles but they do cover a number of other roles as well.   Jobspresso

Jobspresso is a mostly US-centric remote job sites but they do include roles from around the world including Europe, so it’s worth checking out and seeing if you can spot any roles that suit you. They charge a minimum of $249 per job post so you can almost safely assume the roles posted are genuine.    Crossover

Crossover is a slightly different job site. They have a number of jobs listed on their website. But there’s a slight twist in their business model. They don’t just list the sites, they help companies screen the candidates. You can only apply to the roles by first applying to Crossover and becoming one of their partners. This doesn’t cost you anything, but you have to be able to show you’re one of the best in your field. If you can get accepted they have roles ranging from $30,000 to $400,000 per year.   Working Nomads

This is another general job site that charges employers for posting a job. The search function isn’t as helpful as the other sites in that you have to click on the job you’re interested in to find out the roles location preferences. Still, it’s worth looking through as they have a lot of roles listed.   Authentic Jobs

A remote job site predominantly for developers & creatives. With a $300 job listing cost for the company, this is another trusted site to find genuine jobs.   Remotive

Remotive has a lot of roles, similar to We Work Remotely. They charge upwards of $300 for a job listing and cover roles in Sales & Marketing, Development, Business Management, Finance, Product, Design, and more.   Remote.co

They cover a wide range of roles and have a $249 job posting price. The search function isn’t as great as the other sites, so it’s not as easy to find roles suitable for UK-based workers.   Angel List

Angel List’s search function makes it really easy for you to search for remote based roles. They have a number of roles listed. Be mindful to check when it was posted as a lot of companies won’t update their vacancies on Angel List so a lot of them will be outdated. Still worth a look as I’ve seen roles listed there that aren’t listed on the other sites mentioned above.

We’ve listed the best remote job sites for anyone looking for genuine work from jobs in the UK. This list gives you everything you need to find out about what type of remote roles are available. 

You’ll start to gauge the salary you can expect for the roles you’re interested, get clear on the perks and benefits that are usually offered, and get a sense of the requirements remote companies are looking for in a candidate.

This is all really valuable information. But your search shouldn’t end there.

Not all remote companies will post on these job sites. If you’re relying on job sites to find your next remote role, you’re missing out on all the hidden jobs that never get posted.

When companies look to hire new employees , the first place they’ll look is their immediate network. They’ll go to the people they already know and trust to do the job and try to hire them.

This is the hidden job market.

If you want a genuine work from home job, the best ones are usually gone by the time they get listed on job sites.

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14 genuine work from home jobs (UK 2024)

Whether you’re looking to supplement your income with extra cash or have a complete change of lifestyle, there are genuine working from home jobs available in the UK.

Home working jobs UK

• Freelance Jobs From Home – includes ProBlogger, Fiverr, PeoplePerHour
• Data Entry & Typing Jobs – including Working Mums, Clickworker
• Creative Jobs from Home – includes Canva, PicMonkey

Amazon Virtual Jobs

• Crafting Jobs
• Customer Service Jobs from Home

Childminding Jobs

Dog walking or pet sitting jobs, laundry/ironing services.

• Baking from Home to Sell

T-shirt and On-Demand Printing

Self publishing kindle books.

• Create Your Own YouTube Channel
• Start An Affiliate Marketing Business

Working at home can offer you the flexibility to work around your family.

You may well save money and time not commuting to an office. And of course, there’s the added bonus of working in your PJs every now and then.

Here we have compiled a list of legit work from home jobs for you to get your teeth into.

Freelance Websites

From typing and data entry jobs to designing websites, creating and selling your crafts, tutoring, and freelance writing work. Freelance websites offer the chance to get a legitimate work from home job.

Look for work at reputable freelance sites such as  ProBlogger ,  Fiverr  or  PeoplePerHour .

To get work on sites such as these, you will have to bid for jobs.

Contractors post them daily, and it’s up to you to pitch for the job. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box when making your pitch.

I hired someone who had gone to the bother of creating a promotional video of themselves.

It wasn’t complicated, but it did put a face and a voice to the pitch. And they won the pitch.

When bidding for work, don’t make the mistake of underpricing yourself.

You could end up doing a lot of work for little pay. And beware of the commission that the websites take from your funds.

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MLM – Multi-Level Marketing Jobs

Avon , Kleeneze , Usbourne Books and more – the classic Multi-Level Marketing jobs – are all work at home jobs that offer flexibility and the chance to earn some extra money.

You may have to invest a little initially (around £30-£100) for a starter kit to begin with and then you can start earning 20%-30% on your sales.

Some of these companies run special offers where you can join and receive a kit and pay for the kit out of your commission.

It won’t make you rich but may help bring in some extra cash and keep you busy and get you out meeting people.

Be prepared to go out in all weather and be organised with your paperwork.

Be aware of other MLM jobs that are not what they seem. After all, these are selling jobs, and the big bosses make money from new recruits.

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Data Entry and Typing Jobs

If you are fairly nifty with your keyboard, there are genuine home-based jobs for data entry and typing. You’ll need to be fast, accurate and have good broadband speed. Jobs may be paid by the hour or for the actual job.

Be sure to have the job requirements clearly defined before you start.

If you know your Instagram from your Snapchat, you may grab a social media job-creating posts from the comfort of your own home.

Great places to look for this sort of work include  WorkingMums ,  Clickworker  and PeoplePerHour – you will find plenty of typing working from home jobs in the UK on these sites.  You could earn anything from £10-£40 per hour depending on the job.

Creative Work From Home Jobs

Creative types looking for real work from home jobs can hone their skills by offering web design, illustration or even creating and selling digital templates.

This fairly new concept involves the design and development of templates so often used on Pinterest.

The templates can also be used for digital CV’s, stationery and mood boards. 

Canva  and  PicMonkey  are great places to start. Canva is relatively simple to learn, there are tutorials online, and you can start picking up small jobs to produce design work for other people.

Did you know that  Amazon has a virtual job section  on their website?

With over 600,000 employees, there is sure to be a home-based job on this site that suits your needs.

Keep reading to find out more about other flexible work at home jobs include taking part in paid surveys, selling your photos, dog walking or childminding.

If you have a strong skill set you can also offer tutoring too at  Superprof .

Crafting jobs to work from home UK

Crafting your own unique products could be a highly rewarding business to get into. Sites such as Etsy  have exploded in popularity in recent years and many creatives are enjoying selling their work, making these great legitimate work at home jobs.

Party boxes, beauty boxes and self-care boxes have seen a huge rise in demand over the recent year, with the despatch boxes being ‘letterbox’ friendly so can be posted out to be people without any hassle.

Self-care boxes can include anything you want such as chocolate, face masks, tea-light holders, stationery and pens.  Candles are also a very popular product and if you do your sums right, it could be possible to  Make Money Selling Candles from Home , as this very thorough guide details.

Customer Service Jobs From Home

If you are at home and enjoy working on a telephone there are often working at home customer service jobs available – this is where a company redirect their phone lines to staff at home.

You may have to be reactive to taking calls from customers or the job may involve you being proactive and calling people to set appointments or undertake a customer aftersales call. Try Reed  for part-time work-at-home positions.

Working jobs from home without a computer

There are still plenty of jobs you can from home that don’t involve a PC. These include

Once you are registered you can offer childminding services in your home . You would obviously need to meet certain guidelines and requirements, but you could look at earning around £60 per day for this and still be at home. Average rates for childminders are around £5 per child per hour, so if you have a couple of children you can soon start earning a fairly good wage.

Whilst other people are out at work, they may need someone to look after their pet dog. You would have the dog(s) in your own home, so would need to be comfortable with the smell and potential mess. There is potential for charging around £20 per day per dog. You would need to be licensed and take out your own insurance . Sitting five dogs a day could soon see you earning around £100 a day.

Some people love ironing and find it quite therapeutic. So why not get paid for doing someone else’s laundry . You will be amazed at the number of people who are so busy with work and children that they would willingly pass on their ironing to someone else. You can expect to earn around £15-£20 per load of ironing. Some people charge by the weight of the clothes and some also offer to pick up and delivery of the clothes afterwards.

Baking jobs you can do from home uK

You will need to meet certain health and safety requirements but there is certainly a market for making cakes and sweet treats at the moment – especially if you can deliver them into the bargain.

With Mother’s Day, Easter and Summer Fairs a regular in the calendar there are plenty of opportunities for you to make some extra money by baking. A decent wedding cake could cost a couple of hundred pounds. We used a local baker to buy six fancy cupcakes for £10, not a huge amount of money but if you enjoy baking this could be a nice way of earning some extra money.

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This relatively new idea is a print-on-demand custom made products – not just t-shirts, but socks, caps and mugs with your artwork on. All you need is an iPhone and access to a website such as TeeSpring . If you have an eye for a trend, your design will be printed by TeeSpring and even distributed. It’s great if you pick up on a trend or a saying that people are using, perhaps for an upcoming football game, a trend or election. You will need to make sure you are not taking anyone’s designs for copyright, but TeeSpring will have details to help you on your journey.

If you have knowledge in a particular field, industry or a passion for storytelling, you could try your hand at writing and self-publishing a Kindle Book . There is tons of helpful information on Amazon which help you through the process – they say to write about what you know – it could be cooking, family budgeting, caravan holidays, dog training – anything you know about and is worth sharing.

The process is relatively simple and there aren’t any start-up costs – you will start earning commission once your Kindle books start selling. You don’t even need a designer to help you as the Amazon Kindle website has plenty of templates for free to start you off. This is a great marketing tool to promote your business too – for example if you are a Personal Fitness Trainer you might want to put a short book together about fitness and link it to your business.

YouTube Channel

This is more of a long-term goal and not for everyone but there are channels and content out there for everyone. You make money through the advertising and views your channel has. You need to have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of viewing racked up before you start making any money. Not keen on being on camera? Don’t worry – you don’t necessarily need to. You can screen record tutorials, or use your hands to showcase your work (perhaps you have an arts and craft business that you can showcase).

Affiliate Marketing Business

This is where you plug other people’s products on your site website or social media channels, once other people buy that product through your link, you earn a commission on this product. This is a long term plan. You do need a good online audience who are going to buy through your sites to make this viable.  There is lots of information online or you could take an online course in Affiliate Marketing with Udemy.com.

What Do I Need To Be Aware Of?

Although there are many genuine home-based jobs out there, sadly there are many scams. If the opportunity seems to be too good to be true, it normally is. And don’t even go near a job that asks for money upfront unless it is a totally legitimate and well-known company such as Avon.

But do be aware of Multi-Level Marketing opportunities (Avon, candle parties) as they can pile on the pressure for you to recruit more reps, as this is where the top-level make their money – which is why it’s called Multi-Level Marketing. And avoid packing from home jobs which can often be scams. Here are some tips to help you:

Check the email address for the company and address, if it doesn’t look genuine – stop. A reputable company would have their own email address. Have a search on Google for their company name and for any reviews. A few minutes doing this could save you £££’s.

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Carefully consider your rates of pay – some jobs are per hour, others by commission. Although genuine, some freelance websites take a cut in any jobs you secure, so you may want to re-adjust your rate accordingly.

Set up a PayPal account  to help receive payments. Do consider the downside of working for yourself, is not having any sick pay or holiday entitlement (though you do have the freedom to choose when you want to book that holiday in Spain). You may also need to think about costs associated with  business  insurance, utilities and putting aside tax money if you are registering as self-employed.

Also be aware that the more software, apps or websites you use, the more fees you may incur. For example, a  PayPal account is free to open, but you will be charged transaction fees .

An alternative to ‘gigging’ could be starting your own blog or side hustle. By doing this, you could get paid for placing ads on your site. One such service is  AdSense from Google  which I have used myself.

It’s also worth being aware of your time management. It’s important your family respect your working hours by creating boundaries and have a space to work at home. You don’t want to get distracted by the housework. And although we joked about wearing your PJ’s all day, we do advise getting dressed for the day, making time to have a break, getting out for a walk or meeting other homeworkers, be it on the school run or a network meeting.

Home Based Jobs Essentials for UK Workers

Here are a couple of really important points that you will have to cover if you are starting out with home-based working.

Check Your Insurance Policy

Your home insurance policy may already cover you for home-based work involving a PC or laptop. But it may not – it’s crucial that you should check your policy wording. Call your home insurer if necessary. Working full time from home could invalidate your insurance which could be extremely costly. Call them before you start or as soon as possible.

Register For Self Assessment

If you are working for yourself on a freelance basis or invoicing clients at the end of the month you will need to register as self-employed so you can pay tax.

This is what I had to do for running my blog. It’s fairly straightforward and you will have to fill out an online form at the end of every tax year to declare how much money you have made.

It’s really important to document all your earnings and all your relevant expenses so these can be declared against your earnings.

If you are still in a 9 to 5 job and are earning money from home as a side job, you will also need to input your full-time job earnings from the previous year. All this information will be in your P60 form which is issued by your employer at the end of every tax year (in April).

So it is vitally important that you keep your P60 safe and do not discard or destroy it.

Register for Self Employment here .

Genuine Home Based Jobs Pros and Cons

Before you think about getting started with genuine home-based jobs, you should think carefully about how it may impact you and your family’s life. Whilst it is true that this type of work can bring in some very good extra money, it is not always easy to get started. For some people, the money may come thick and fast but for others, it’s not so easy.

Below is a range of advantages and disadvantages that you should consider. But everyone’s circumstances are different. You need to think about what works for your individual family, your lifestyle and the expenses you have at present.

Advantages of legitimate jobs working from home:

• Flexible work hours
• Great if you have a young family
• You can choose how much you want to work and what hours
• Ability to set your own schedule
• No commuting time or costs
• Work when you want, where you want
• Make your own lunch

Disadvantages of legitimate work-from-home side jobs:

• Lack of interaction with colleagues
• Harder to earn promotions or salary increases
• Easy to eat more and do less exercise
• The lines between home and work can become blurred

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Remote job boards advertise work-from-home job opportunities. During the pandemic, many businesses in the U.K. temporarily shifted to a remote working model. While the number of people working remotely full-time has decreased in the post-pandemic market, there has been a rise in hybrid working arrangements.

Remote job boards are becoming an increasingly popular way for U.K. employers to advertise their remote work vacancies locally and around the world. Based on their reach, features, and pricing, we've rounded up the best remote job boards below, including a top-three comparison.

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Our top three remote job boards are established and well-trafficked. Their focus on remote jobs and wide reach attract both remote job seekers and employers. Typically, remote workers from the U.K. and around the world do not limit their job searches to general, local job sites and they are highly likely to visit these popular niche sites.

We Work Remotely is our top choice. The site is easy for job seekers to navigate as it allows them to view the latest jobs by category, geographical location, and type. Since We Work Remotely only lists remote work options, users don't have to filter through hundreds of listings to find what they are looking for.

For employers, We Work Remotely is easy to use and has transparent pricing with add-on options for those who want to promote their listings.

Working Nomads has categorized remote job listings. When you create a listing, you can add tags so that it appears in custom searches on the site. Remote job seekers subscribe to email updates from Working Nomads, so they are notified of new job postings on a regular basis.

Jobspresso allows employers to list jobs worldwide or by country or continent. Any employer who purchases a job posting package has instant access to a database of more than 5,000 remote candidates. The site also shares new postings on its social media accounts.

Things to Consider When Evaluating Remote Job Boards:

• Top-ranking remote job boards serve an international audience. U.K. employers can either benefit from their wide global reach or opt to post jobs that are restricted to local candidates.
• Some job boards advertise a mix of remote and location-based jobs. Posting on a site that is geared toward remote work may help you to attract more relevant candidates.
• Major job boards, such as Indeed, are good for exposure, but they often do not have remote work filters for job seekers, so your opportunities may be difficult for remote job seekers to find.
• Options to promote your posting or add a company logo may cost extra, so look at more than just the base price.

Best Remote Job Boards in 2024:

*Companies may offer discounted rates for monthly, annual, and bulk packages. Non-U.K. clients may be exempt from paying VAT.

We Work Remotely vs. Working Nomads vs. Jobspresso:

The top remote job boards all offer access to a large but niche audience of global remote job seekers. However, We Work Remotely (WWR) has the largest audience by far with approximately 230,000 hits per month on their website. It also features a search filter for job postings that are restricted to U.K.-based applicants.

WWR is also the only remote job board of the top three to offer an add-on applicant filter option. With this option, WWR will manually screen applicants and discard any applicants that are not qualified for your advertised role. If you anticipate a high volume of applications, this could save you a lot of time sorting through resumes on your own.

For a more affordable option, Working Nomads offers discounts for job posting bundles. This is notable because WWR only offers discounts for bulk purchases of 10 or more job posts. Working Nomads does not have as large an audience as WWR but all of their job postings are shared with their email subscribers.

Even though Working Nomads features no filter to show job postings that are restricted to U.K. candidates, job posts include companies' locations, and employers can create job posts with country-specific requirements.

Finally, Jobspresso is the only one to offer access to a database of over 5,000 candidates. but only if you've purchased a job posting package. Jobspresso only offers a slight discount for buying multiple postings and is far more costly than Working Nomads, but the larger packages also give you access to all of their premium options.

Comparisons Between WWR, Working Nomads, and Jobspresso:

Additional resources:.

• Transitioning employees to remote work .
• How to do remote interviews .
• Remote work policy .
• Telecommuting — definition and tips .

What are the best remote job boards?

• We Work Remotely .
• Working Nomads .
• Jobspresso .
• Remote.co .
• SkipTheDrive .
• Remote OK .
• Wellfound .
• remotejobs .

What are the best remote jobs?

• Customer service management.
• Computer programming.
• Graphic design.
• Web development.
• IT support.
• Accounting.
• Content writing.
• Data entry.
• Medical billing and coding.
• Travel bookings.
• Translation.

Can you work remotely from anywhere?

Yes. In most cases, remote workers work from home or in a co-working space and rely on the Internet to collaborate with their colleagues. A fully remote job is a job that can be done entirely off-site, meaning that the employee never has to be at the business's physical location in order to complete their work.

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Who Still Works From Home?

By Ben Casselman ,  Emma Goldberg and Ella Koeze

The American workplace’s experiment with remote work happened, effectively, overnight: With the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, more than half of workers began working from home at least part of the time, according to Gallup. But the shift to a permanent hybrid-work reality has been gradual, with periods of tension as workers across white-collar industries pushed against executives’ return-to-office orders .

Those battles have largely come to an end, and workplaces have reached a new hybrid-work status quo. Roughly one-tenth of workers are cobbling together a combination of work in the office and from home, and a similar portion are working entirely remotely.

This population of hybrid and remote workers in the United States doesn’t quite mirror the larger population of workers: Government data shows they tend to have more education and are more often white and Asian.

Type of worker

~115 million workers

~14 million

~15 million

High school or less

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Bachelor's degree

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Each square here represents 50,000 workers between the ages of 18 and 64. In 2023, about 143 million people in that age range were working in the United States.

Roughly 80 percent of those work fully in person . The remaining work either a hybrid schedule or fully remote .

If we look at all workers by their level of education, the biggest group of workers have no college education.

But if we focus on just those who work at home all or some of the time, college educated workers become the most prominent. Working from home is, for the most part, a luxury for the highly educated.

The pandemic laid bare inequalities in the American economy. White-collar workers were in many cases able to do their jobs safely at home, but lower-income workers often had to continue to work in person, even when health risks were highest. And now that the public health emergency is over, that workplace divide — who gets the benefits of remote flexibility and who does not — has become entrenched.

White and Asian workers are more likely to work from home

Share of fully remote and hybrid workers who identify as a given race or ethnicity vs. the same group’s share of the entire work force

Hispanic workers and Black workers are underrepresented in remote work.

Only 10% of remote

share of all workers

The divide in who gets the flexibility to work remotely also reflects the country’s racial inequalities. Because white and Asian workers are more likely to hold office jobs, they are more likely to have the opportunity to work remotely part or all of the time. Black and Hispanic workers, meanwhile, more frequently hold jobs in food service, construction, retail, health care and other fields that require them to be in person.

The youngest workers are working from home less often

Share of fully remote and hybrid workers who fall in each age group vs. the same group’s share of the entire work force

When employers were first mounting their return-to-office battles, many assumed that their youngest employees would be the toughest to persuade to come back. But today, young people make up a greater share of those working in person than their share of the total work force.

That is partly because a smaller share of Americans under 25 have completed college degrees. Many work in jobs like food service that cannot be done remotely. But that is not the whole story: Even among college graduates, workers in their 20s are more likely to be in the office full time than their older colleagues. That suggests that young workers are embracing the benefits of in-person work: socialization, mentorship and face time with the boss. The potential downsides of fixed office schedules may also matter less to them: Relatively fewer young workers might have children (or aging parents) at home, making remote flexibility less of a priority.

More women work remotely, but it’s complicated.

Remote work also breaks down along gender lines — though it does not lend itself to a simple narrative.

Overall, women are more likely than men to work remotely. That’s partly because more women have college degrees, so more of them are in the kind of professional jobs in which flexible arrangements have become the norm. Even among those without college degrees, women are more likely to work at a desk in an administrative or customer support role, while men more often work in construction, manufacturing and other jobs that can only be done in person.

Looking narrowly at just college graduates, remote work patterns for women and men look more evenly distributed, with men slightly more likely to work remotely than women. But there’s one place where the pattern looks different: among parents with young children.

Parents have been some of the biggest winners in the flexible-work era. Remote flexibility made more feasible the constant juggling of professional and caretaking obligations. But it is mothers, not fathers, who appear to be taking the most advantage of workplace flexibility, whether out of choice or necessity.

Share of fully remote and hybrid college-educated workers who have children or not, by gender

College-educated men

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With older kids

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College-educated women

Mothers of young kids are more likely to work from home than other women.

Note: Young kids are those 5 years old or younger.

Among college-educated men, having children does not make much difference to whether they work at home or in person. Among women, it’s a different story. Mothers of young children are much more likely to work remotely than women without children or mothers of older children.

When possible, disabled workers often choose to go fully remote

Fully remote and hybrid work often get talked about in the same breath. But in some cases, the implications are different.

For many workers with disabilities, the normalization of remote work has offered an opportunity to avoid energy-draining commutes and offices that are not designed to accommodate their needs. For others, it has opened up pathways into industries that were previously difficult to break into.

But those gains come primarily from fully remote work, not the hybrid model that has come to dominate some industries. Workers with disabilities are 22 percent more likely to work fully remotely than otherwise similar workers without disabilities, but only slightly more likely to work a hybrid schedule, according to research from the Economic Innovation Group . Workers with disabilities that limit mobility, such as those who use wheelchairs, were particularly likely to benefit from the opportunity to work entirely from home.

Employers should “understand the significant difference between full-remote and hybrid-remote,” the researchers wrote. “A labor market that includes a greater number of full-remote jobs will open the door for far more otherwise qualified workers.”

Methodology

The data in this article comes from the Current Population Survey, a monthly survey of 60,000 U.S. households conducted by the Census Bureau. Respondents are asked how many hours they worked the previous week, and how many of those hours they teleworked or worked from home. “Fully remote” workers are those who worked all of their hours remotely; “hybrid” workers are those who worked some but not all of their hours remotely. Respondents who were not employed, or who did not work at all in the previous week, are excluded. Data shown is for calendar year 2023. Figures are rounded throughout.

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Introduction

On 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, made his Spring Budget.

One of the headline tax measures relevant for employers was: 

Changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge

The government announced the changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge, and an increase to the threshold to £60,000 from 6 April 2024, with a taper up to £80,000. The charge will be 1% of the Child Benefit for every £200 of income that exceeds £60,000 and will equal the payment for income that exceeds £80,000.

Your employees may be interested in claiming Child Benefit or restarting Child Benefit payments if they have previously opted out. The charge is tapered, so if they, or their partner, earns between £60,000 and £80,000 it can still be worth their while financially to claim. Claims for Child Benefit can be made in the HMRC app or online and are automatically backdated for 3 months, or the date of birth of the child if later.

New guidance on changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge has been published.

Information on all the measures announced can be found in Spring Statement 2024 .

For an overview of all the tax legislation and rates announced, read the Spring Statement 2024: Overview of tax legislation and rates (OOTLAR) .

Also, in this month’s edition of the Employer Bulletin there is an update on another Budget measure; National Insurance contributions, together with other important information for employers on:

Spring Budget — 2024 National Insurance contributions rate changes from 6 April 2024

paying PAYE

PAYE Settlement Agreement payment

National minimum wage.

starting the new tax year — student and postgraduate loans

notice of changes to PAYE, Real Time Information and Self Assessment returns — technical consultation on draft regulations

Investment Zone employer National Insurance contributions relief

reporting expenses and benefits for the tax year ending 5 April 2024

mandating the payrolling of benefits in kind from April 2026

PAYE tax calculator

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Tax updates and changes to guidance

plant and machinery allowances  

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General information and customer support .

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HMRC’s support for customers who need extra help 

HMRC’s principles of support for customers who need extra help set out our commitment to support customers according to their needs and underpin the HMRC Charter. 

Find out how to get help and the extra support available . 

 We are reminding employers that on 6 March 2024 the Chancellor announced the following National Insurance contribution changes: 

a cut to the main rate of Class 1 employee National Insurance contributions from 10% to 8% from 6 April 2024

rates for the self-employed across the UK will also be cut by a further 2 pence on top of the 1 pence cut to 8% announced at Autumn Statement — this means that from April 2024 the main rate of Class 4 National Insurance contributions for the self-employed will now be reduced from 9% to 6%

the requirement to pay Class 2 will be removed from April 2024, with those who pay voluntarily still being able to do so, as previously announced in Autumn Statement 2023

the government will consult on the details of the Class 2 reform later this year, as also previously announced in Autumn Statement 2023

You can read more about National Insurance changes in the Spring Budget Personal Tax Factsheet .

We emailed all employers on our database on 6 March 2024 asking them to take steps to prepare for the payroll changes that take effect from 6 April 2024, working with their software providers and IT delivery partners as appropriate. 

We appreciate the efforts employers and their software providers are making to be ready for 6 April 2024. However, we realise the timeline is tight and some employers may not be able to implement the changes to payroll systems in time. 

If employers are unable to make changes to take effect from 6 April 2024, they will charge their employees the incorrect Class 1 National Insurance contributions rate and need to correct this. Further information on fixing problems with running payroll is available.

HMRC’s Basic PAYE Tools will be updated ahead of 6 April 2024.

Paying PAYE

Paying paye and payment allocations.

We often receive requests for reallocation of payments for PAYE Employers. 

To make sure your payments are allocated correctly when making PAYE payments to HMRC you need to include your 13-character Accounts Office reference. 

If you want to make sure that HMRC allocates your payment to a charge for a particular tax period, you need to add 4 numbers to the end of your Accounts Office reference. These final 4 numbers advise HMRC which month or quarter your payment is for, and the tax year.

The first 2 numbers is the tax year. For the 2024 to 2025 tax year the number is always 25.   The last 2 numbers relate to the tax month or quarter, for example, 01 for April, 02 for May, 03 for June or for Quarter 1.

For the period 6 April to 5 May 2024, the final 4 digits will be 2501.

You need to include all 17 characters without any spaces to make sure your payment is allocated correctly.

Further information on paying PAYE and payment allocations is available.

Variable Direct Debit

In October 2022 we introduced a new Direct Debit option for PAYE. The service enables you to set up a variable Direct Debit instruction, which authorises HMRC to automatically collect payments due from your bank account, based on the amount in your return. This ensures payments are received by HMRC on time and allocated to the correct charge.

The service can be accessed and managed through your PAYE Online service account. 

If you are making payments through the variable Direct Debit, or paying through the online service, you will not need to find the correct references to include with your payment, as the service will work out the numbers for you.

When making a payment for your PAYE Settlement Agreement ( PSA ) calculation make sure you use your SAFE reference number. This is on the covering letter sent when your PSA was first formalised. If you do not have your covering letter, you will need to contact the HMRC office that formalised your agreement. Do not use your PAYE Accounts Office reference or PAYE reference as this will be incorrectly allocated. 

Once your calculation is processed HMRC will automatically issue a payslip confirming the amount due which also includes your reference number. It is not necessary to wait for your payslip as any amounts paid late may accrue interest. A payment on account will only be allocated once your calculation is processed and you will likely still receive a payslip. 

Further information on paying a PAYE Settlement Agreement is available.

Annual rate increase 

The National Living Wage ( NLW ) and National Minimum Wage ( NMW ) are the lowest rate of pay per hour that most workers must be paid by law. It does not matter how many workers you employ, you must pay the correct minimum wage.

The NLW is higher than the NMW , currently workers get this if they are over 23. From 1 April 2024 the NLW will be extended to 21 and 22 year-olds fulfilling a recommendation that the Low Pay Commission made in 2019. 

NMW rates increase on 1 April 2024, further information on the new, current and past rates of NLW and NMW is available. 

To help you to get things right, there is a webinar on Getting ready for the NMW increase .

Common causes of underpayments

Paying the NMW can be more complex than just paying your workers the right rate. Some common causes of underpayments include:

deductions and payments for items or expenses that are connected with the job

unpaid working time, for example team handovers between shifts or time spent passing through security checks on entry and exit

incorrect use of the apprenticeship rates, for example, paying the minimum wage apprentice rate when the worker is not a genuine apprentice or paying the minimum wage apprentice rate before a worker starts their apprenticeship or after it ends

These are just a few of the risks. A useful checklist for employers is available. 

Starting the new tax year — student and postgraduate loans

Student loan plan type and postgraduate loan thresholds and rates from 6 April 2024 are as follows:

plan 1: £24,990

plan 2: £27,295

plan 4: £31,395

postgraduate loan: £21,000

Deductions for:

plan type 1, 2 and 4 remain at 9% for any earnings above the respective thresholds

postgraduate loan remains at 6% for any earnings above the respective threshold

Guidance on the new student and postgraduate loan thresholds will be updated on 6 April 2024.

Notice of changes to PAYE, Real Time Information and Self Assessment returns — technical consultation on draft regulations

On 14 March 2024, HMRC published a technical consultation seeking views on draft regulations which will introduce new requirements for employers, company directors and the self-employed to provide improved data through the tax system. Improved data will enable better outcomes for citizens, businesses, and government. HMRC welcomes responses to this technical consultation from taxpayers, businesses, employers, and all interested stakeholders.

Background 

In April 2023 the government published its response to the consultation, Improving the data HMRC collects from its customers . This response confirmed the government’s intention to legislate to require businesses to change the information they provide to HMRC through both Income Tax self-assessment and real-time returns completed by employers. As a result, the following changes will be effective from April 2025: 

employers will be required to provide more detailed information on employees’ hours paid through Real Time Information PAYE reporting

shareholders in owner-managed businesses will be required to provide the amount of dividend income received from their own companies separately to other dividend income, and the percentage share they hold in their own companies on their Self Assessment return

the self-employed will be required to provide information on the start and end dates of self-employment on their Self Assessment return

The Finance Act 2024 on the legislation website , introduced powers to enable the collection of improved data through the tax system. Subsequent regulations will specify the new requirements and bring the provisions into force from April 2025. It is those regulations HMRC has published in draft for technical consultation. Interested stakeholders can email their views on the draft regulations to [email protected] .

The Investment Zone programme is designed to grow the economy, whilst empowering local places and supporting levelling up, by building knowledge-intensive clusters which build on areas’ existing strengths. 

The package of tax reliefs available in designated special tax sites within Investment Zones has been carefully designed to bring forward new investment by reducing the cost of doing business. Local government and research institutions can select from a flexible menu of interventions, including the tax offer, when designing their Investment Zone proposal.

Employer National Insurance contributions is to be included in the wider Investment Zone initiative and a zero rate of secondary Class 1 National Insurance contributions on the earnings of eligible employees up to £25,000 per annum. This will apply to employers with business premises in an Investment Zone special tax site, where the conditions to claim the relief are met. 

As announced at Autumn Statement 2023, the Investment Zone programme has been extended from 5 to 10 years. Each English Investment Zone will be provided with a £160 million envelope over ten years. This can be used flexibly between spending on interventions such as skills, research and development and local infrastructure, dependent on local need, and this single optional offer of tax incentives, scalable based on the number of eligible sites. The National Insurance contributions relief will be available for all new employees employed between the date special tax site designation takes effect and the special tax site’s end date.

The employee must be a new hire whose employment starts on or after 6 April 2022 and before the relevant sunset date. The employee cannot have worked for that employer, or an employer connected to the employer in the previous 24 months. At the start of the qualifying period, the employer must reasonably expect that the employee will spend a minimum 60% of their working time in the Investment Zone special tax site. The relief will apply for 36 months per eligible employee.

The zero-rate of secondary employer National Insurance contributions for new employees working in the Investment Zone special tax site will apply to their earnings above the National Insurance contributions secondary threshold up to and including the Investment Zone upper secondary threshold, which is equivalent to the Freeport upper secondary threshold. 

Guidance will be available for employers to self-assess eligibility to claim this relief in April 2024.

Further information on Investment Zone special tax sites with enhanced tax and National Insurance contributions reliefs and Investment Zones policy prospectus is available. 

Reporting expenses and benefits for the tax year ending 5 April 2024

All P11D and P11D(b) forms must be filed online. We no longer accept paper P11D and P11D(b) forms. We recommend you file using one of the following methods:

HMRC’s PAYE Online service

commercial payroll software

HMRC’s PAYE Online service is free and will allow submissions of up to 500 employees. All P11D forms and the accompanying P11D(b) form must be submitted online at the same time. The online service does not have a test facility.  To help you submit online, you will be able to register for the ‘submitting forms P11D and P11D(b) online’ webinar, dates will be available nearer the time. 

The deadline for reporting P11D expenses and benefits in kind and P11D(b) Class 1A National Insurance contributions is 6 July 2024.

If you make a mistake and need to submit an amendment

HMRC no longer accepts any paper amendments. If you make a mistake and need to submit an amendment, use the ‘correct an error’ link on the expenses and benefits for employers guidance .

Helping you to get it right first time

If you make a mistake or send in your form late, your employees could pay the wrong amount of tax and you could end up with a penalty. 

You need to submit a P11D(b) form if:  

you have submitted any P11D forms 

you have paid any employees’ expenses or benefits through your payroll

HMRC has asked you to file a P11D(b) form, by sending you a notification to do so

Your P11D(b) form tells HMRC how much employers’ Class 1A National Insurance contributions you need to pay on all the expenses and benefits you have provided to your employees through your payroll, as well as any you have reported to HMRC on a P11D form. 

Nothing to declare

If HMRC has asked you to submit a P11D(b) form and you have nothing to declare, you can tell us you do not owe any employers’ Class 1A National Insurance contributions by completing a no return of Class 1A National Insurance contributions form. Only use this declaration if HMRC has asked you to submit a P11D(b) and you have nothing to declare.

Paying your Class 1A National Insurance contributions

There is a specific reference you need to use to make your Class 1A National Insurance contributions payment. For the 2023 to 2024 tax year this is your normal Accounts Office reference plus the numbers 2413 at the end. Do not leave a space between any of the numbers. 

This is an example of the correct format, but use your own reference number — 123PA001234562413. 

If you are paying at a bank or sending a cheque, you must use the correct payment slip, it is pre-printed with the reference in the correct format . If you do not use the right payment slip, or if you use an incorrect reference, we will not know you have paid your Class 1A charge and may send payment reminders and default notices until your payment is allocated correctly. More information is available on how to pay . 

For those employers payrolling benefits in kind

You may still have a Class 1A National Insurance contributions liability and you will still need to submit a P11D(b) form to tell us how much employer Class 1A National Insurance contributions you owe. You will also need to submit online P11D forms to show any benefits you paid that you did not payroll. You can find more information on payrolling your employees benefits and expenses . 

Those employers who have yet to join payrolling for 2024 to 2025 can register now to  payroll your expenses and benefits from 6 April 2024 . You need to register before the start of the tax year, if you register on or after 6 April 2024, you will be unable to start to payroll until 6 April 2025.

You will no longer need to submit a P11D form for each employee for whom you payroll benefits. Payrolling is quicker and easier. 

Informal payrolling 

If you already had an informal agreement with HMRC to payroll benefits for 2023 to 2024 tax year, you must submit your P11D forms online and tell HMRC in advance that you are sending electronic P11Ds using the PAYE — notification of payrolled benefits form. 

We no longer accept informal payrolling arrangements. You must register to payroll your expenses and benefits.

If you have missed the deadline to register for 2024 to 2025 you will be unable to payroll until the 2025 to 2026 tax year and must revert to online filing of your P11D forms for the 2023 to 2024 reporting year.

Company car tax calculator

HMRC has developed a new car and fuel benefit calculator to replace the old calculator. The old calculator will be decommissioned from 6 April 2024, when the links will no longer work.

The new calculator will be fully accessible, have feedback routes and will be monitored to ensure continuous improvement.

Expansion of PAYE benefits in kind to authorised agents 

From May 2024, agents will be able to register to use the payrolling benefits and expenses online service.

Provided the agent has the correct permission, they can use the payrolling benefits in kind (BiK) service to register or remove benefits and expenses to be payrolled in the next tax year. The benefit and expenses covered include:

mileage and motoring

private medical

relocation expenses

Agents will be able to register ready for payrolling from the start of the 2025 to 2026 tax year.

Mandating the payrolling of benefits in kind from April 2026

As set out in the Financial Secretary to the Treasury’s tax simplification update on 16 January 2024, the government is expanding the current payrolling process for the reporting and payment of Income Tax and Class 1A National Insurance contributions on benefits in kind ( BiKs ). This will mean that the payrolling of BiKs will be mandated from 6 April 2026. Further details on the simplification statement on the parliament.uk website , outlining the government’s plans is available. 

Payrolling the Income Tax due on benefits in kind is currently available to employers on a voluntary basis, with those who do not wish to payroll still able to file form P11D at the end of the year. Class 1A National Insurance contributions cannot currently be payrolled so a P11D(b) form still needs to be submitted at the end of the year. In light of the recent announcement HMRC encourages anyone who is able to begin payrolling voluntarily to do so in preparation. Agents will also be able to payroll benefits on behalf of employers from the end of April 2024.

HMRC is engaging with stakeholders to discuss our proposals to inform design and delivery decisions. Draft legislation will be published later in the year as part of the usual tax legislation process. HMRC will also work with industry experts to produce guidance, which will be made available in advance of 2026. 

If you wish to provide feedback relating to the mandation of payroll software to report benefits you can do so by emailing [email protected] . 

How this will affect employers 

If you provide BiKs to your employees, Income Tax and Class 1A National Insurance contributions will have to be reported and paid in real time through payroll software from 6 April 2026. The 2025 to 2026 tax year will be the last year that we will accept P11Ds and P11D(b)s for annual reporting of BiKs in most cases. 

HMRC will help businesses to prepare for the transition by providing guidance in advance of 2026.

HMRC is introducing a new calculator that will replace the existing PAYE tax calculator . The existing calculator will only be available until 5 April 2024, when the current tax year ends. 

The new PAYE tax calculator will be available on the HMRC tools and calculators from 6 April 2024. 

The new calculator will be fully accessible, have feedback routes and will be monitored to ensure continuous improvement. 

Company cars — classification of double cab pickups for capital allowances and benefit in kind purposes

HMRC updated guidance on the tax treatment of double cab pickups ( DCPUs ) on Monday 12 February following a 2020 Court of Appeal judgment. The guidance had confirmed that from 1 July 2024 DCPUs with a payload of one tonne or more would be treated as cars rather than goods vehicles for both capital allowances and benefit in kind purposes.

This guidance has now been withdrawn following the Government’s update on double cab pickups to legislate to ensure that DCPU vehicles continue to be treated as goods vehicles. 

Whilst the government consults on the draft legislation DCPUs with a payload of one tonne or more will continue to be treated as goods vehicles rather than cars. The legislation will be introduced in the next available Finance Bill.

Plant and machinery allowances

HMRC has published a decision tool to help companies check if they can claim the 100% full expensing capital allowance or the 50% allowance for special rate expenditure. These allowances are for qualifying expenditure on plant or machinery.

Only companies can claim these allowances. They are for qualifying expenditure on new and unused plant or machinery incurred on or after the 1 April 2023.

The tool is available in the HMRC customer guidance . This helps companies find out if expenditure on new assets may qualify and calculates how much they may be able to claim. 

HMRC has also published guidance on disposing of plant or machinery when you have claimed one of these allowances.

Basis period reform — reporting on a tax year basis

From April 2024, if you are self-employed or in a trading partnership, you will have to report your profits on a tax year basis, if you do not already do so. 

HMRC has been working on increasing awareness of this, also known as basis period reform. HMRC has written to unrepresented customers in February 2024 to provide information and signposting to a range of support and releasing a YouTube video to help explain the changes.

Further guidance on Income Tax: basis period reform is available.

Construction Industry Scheme reform

At Autumn Statement 2023, in the Summary of Responses to the Construction Industry Scheme ( CIS ) reform consultation, several changes were announced that will be introduced to the CIS from 6 April 2024. These include:

adding compliance with VAT obligations to the Gross Payment Status ( GPS ) compliance test, with corresponding exceptions to VAT compliance obligations

the first review of a  GPS  holder’s compliance history will also be brought forward from 12 months after application to 6

expanding the grounds that HMRC can immediately cancel GPS in cases of fraud involving VAT, Income Tax Self Assessment, Corporation Tax Self Assessment and PAYE

removing most payments from landlords to tenants from the scope of the  CIS

introducing a digital form for  CIS  subcontractor registrations and GPS applications

From 6 April 2024, telephone applications for CIS subcontractor registrations and GPS applications will no longer be available apart from for those who are digitally excluded. Print and post forms will remain in place until the new digital form is mandated, which is expected later in 2024.

The digital form will not, at this time be available to non-resident subcontractors that are sole traders and partnerships, who will continue to use the print and post option.

For more information of the CIS reform changes, please see the Agent Update: Issue 118 .

CIS Repayments for limited company subcontractors 

We are approaching our busiest time of the year for processing repayment claims for limited company subcontractors, which follows the end of the PAYE reporting period in April 2024. 

Most limited company subcontractors can request a CIS repayment online, using the claim a refund of construction industry scheme deduction if you’re a limited company form . The claim a repayment online form enables you to request a repayment, without having to wait on the phone or write in.

To enable HMRC to respond to queries from customers who are most in need of our support, you will no longer be able to request a CIS repayment by telephone. If you wish to claim a refund for CIS deductions suffered in the current tax year, or during a tax year earlier than 2018 to 2019, you will need to send your claim to HMRC by post. Any customers who call to request a CIS repayment will be directed to use our online claim form, or to send their request by post if they are unable to claim online. 

Claiming tax relief on work related expenses — don’t get caught out by bad tax advice

You and your employees might be able to claim tax relief for certain work-related costs. You can check if you are eligible to claim anything quickly and easily with HMRC’s tax relief for employees online tool .

Work-related costs employees may be eligible to claim include: 

repairing and cleaning uniforms and work clothing

buying work-related equipment

professional fees and subscriptions 

use of own vehicle for work travel, excluding journeys from home to work 

travel and overnight expenses, where it has not already been reimbursed

While you may be eligible, keep in mind that some ‘tax refund companies’ might offer to make expense claims on behalf of employees just so they can claim a commission. If it turns out the individual is not eligible to claim, HMRC will have to claim the expenses back, this can leave individuals out of pocket. 

This is why HMRC’s new ‘Don’t Get Caught Out’ campaign is helping individuals recognise the signs of bad tax advice. It also encourages taxpayers to check if they are eligible for expenses before claiming. 

To help protect your employees, we have put together a pack of communication resources for claiming work-related tax relief . This includes intranet messages and staff posters which we encourage you to share with your employees to help them not get caught out by bad tax advice.

As announced at Spring Budget 2024, the government has launched a consultation on raising standards in the tax advice market. The consultation seeks views on ways to strengthen the regulatory framework and improve registration.

The consultation covers and asks questions about:

potential approaches to raising standards

whether the government should introduce a requirement for paid tax practitioners to be a member of a recognised professional body

how professional bodies and the government can work together to raise standards of tax practitioners

who should be included in any future requirements

mandating registration with HMRC for tax practitioners who wish to interact with HMRC on behalf of their clients

Do not miss out on the chance to provide your views on the consultation on raising standards in the tax advice market: strengthening the regulatory framework and improving registration . 

Responding is easy, you can email your views to [email protected] .

The consultation closes on 29 May 2024.

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US giant AutoNation eyes driving seat at Inchcape UK

A takeover of Inchcape's UK dealerships would come months after AutoNation withdrew from a bidding war for rival British company Pendragon, Sky News learns.

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Monday 1 April 2024 12:06, UK

A New York-listed car dealer is plotting a bid for the UK operations of Inchcape.

Sky News has learned that AutoNation, which has a market capitalisation of nearly $7bn (£5.5bn), is among the suitors circling the business since Inchcape confirmed in January it was conducting a strategic review.

AutoNation is said to be at the early stages of considering an offer and may yet not decide to proceed with one, according to industry sources.

If it does go ahead, it would represent a first step into the UK for AutoNation after it withdrew six months ago from a bidding war for Pendragon, another London-listed car dealer.

A deal could be worth in the region of £350m, insiders said.

AutoNation failed to respond to several emailed and telephoned requests for comment.

The sale of Inchcape's UK operations would mark another stage in the industry's ownership shake-up.

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Last year, Lithia Motors struck a deal to acquire Jardine Motors, the UK-based company, from Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings.

Lithia also agreed to buy the dealerships and leasing businesses of Pendragon.

Separately, Lookers was sold to Canada's Alpha Auto Group in a £465m deal.

The Inchcape UK division consists of 70 sites, employing 3,700 people, and works with car manufacturers including Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Toyota and Volkswagen.

Sources told Sky News in January that the disposal of its UK dealerships would leave Inchcape free to focus on its higher-margin distribution activities in more than 40 countries around the world.

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One added that shedding market perceptions of the company as a UK-focused car dealer should enable its board to attract a higher rating for its stock.

The company's shares have risen slightly over the last year, leaving it with a market capitalisation of £3bn.

Selling its British business would be a landmark step for Inchcape, which traces its roots back to 1847 when William Mackinnon and Robert Mackenzie formed a general merchanting partnership.

Inchcape Group floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1958 under the name IGD.

It began trading under its current identity in 1981.

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In recent years it has pursued an aggressive international expansion, acquiring businesses in China, Australia and mainland Europe.

Distribution activities now account for more than 90% of Inchcape's group profits, meaning its UK retail business is a relatively insignificant part of the group in profitability terms.

The flurry of dealmaking will, if the Inchcape sale goes ahead, leave Vertu Motors as the only London-listed UK car dealer.

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Former RAF base to house asylum seekers is contaminated, government letters say

RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire is one of Home Office’s three main accommodation sites, with first arrivals due within weeks

A UK military base due to accommodate up to 2,000 asylum seekers under controversial plans has been found to be contaminated with ground gases and unexploded ordnance, according to government documents.

RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire is one of three mass accommodation sites earmarked by the Home Office to house asylum seekers as a supposedly cheaper alternative to hotels.

Ministers had initially planned to have 3,000 asylum seekers accommodated on three sites – the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, the Wethersfield former military base in Essex and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire – by the end of 2023. But there are fewer than 1,000 people on the Bibby Stockholm and at Wethersfield and none at Scampton, though the first 60 asylum seekers are due to arrive there in the coming weeks.

A letter from Lee Rowley, the minister for housing, planning and building safety, addressed to West Lindsey district council , where RAF Scampton is situated, stated that there are “potential risks to human health arising from ground gases, UXO (unexploded ordnance) and ground contamination which could affect both workers on the site and asylum seekers”.

“These risks could mean the site is not suitable for its intended use which could give rise to likely significant effects associated with human health,” the letter states.

The letter also says that mitigation measures are in place to make the site safe but “in the unlikely event of failure of any of the mitigation measures users will be removed from the affected location within the site”.

A separate letter from Home Office officials, also sent to the council earlier this month, notes that being housed on a military base could trigger trauma for some asylum seekers.

“Those accommodated at the site are likely to be aware that it was formerly used as a military barracks. For some asylum seekers this association may trigger memories of past mental traumas in their home countries which is why the site is unlikely to be deemed suitable for those who are vulnerable or have serious mental health needs,” it states.

West Lindsey district council is opposed to the Home Office plans for RAF Scampton and has expressed concerns about it jeopardising a future heritage scheme for the historic site. The base was home of the Dambusters and has five Grade II-listed buildings.

It describes the Home Office plan to significantly increase the population in the remote, rural area as “unsustainable and inappropriate” and refers to high levels of contamination on the site.

The council has also raised concerns about possible damage to material of archaeological significance during the construction process. “This is considered irreversible harm which would result in substantial harm to heritage assets with archaeological interest,” officials states in a response to government about the plans.

According to the Home Office, at the end of December 2023 there were about 46,000 asylum seekers in hotels costing £8m each day. A recent report from the National Audit Office found that housing people at RAF Scampton will cost £45.1m more than hotels.

A government spokesperson said: “The asylum system is under unprecedented pressure, brought about by a significant increase in dangerous and illegal journeys into the country. As part of the conditions of the special development order for RAF Scampton, a number of surveys will be undertaken prior to occupation.

“The safety of individuals remains our absolute priority, and we reiterate that any accommodation used in response to the increasing pressures on the UK asylum system will be fit for purpose and meet all relevant housing and health and safety rules.”

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