"Associates"

[Mike Ellis]

Hi all

Wondering if any of you with smallish agencies have ever gone down the "associates" route - i.e. people who aren't employees but who you work with on a regular basis and who you want to talk about on your website..?

If you have - are there issues with IR35, contracts, etc? Have you got these associates to sign disclaimers or just gone with the flow?

All advice welcome

Thanks

Mike

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Mike Ellis 

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[matt]

Hi Mike

We never made it official when we had one very regular associate. Seemed to work ok for us (he was a particularly easy going chap) - no contracts, had him on the website...

Cheers

Matt

[Mike Ellis]

Cheers Matt - useful. 

Anyone else got any sage advice?

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Mike Ellis 

Thirty8 Digital: a small but perfectly formed digital agency: http://thirty8.co.uk  

* My book: http://heritageweb.co.uk *

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It is worth searching for Carl smith from ngenworks in the usa. I listen to his podcast and he talks about this type of stuff as them being 'friendgenineers' and has written about it I think. He also made a good point on the latest episode about the problem of associates making more cash than permanent staff and the tensions.

Zak Mensah

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