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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Andrew Penman

Exposed: the mass cloning of limited companies by fraudsters - and Companies House won't do anything about it

A flood of clone firms has hit the freelance worker industry – and Companies House is accused of doing nothing to stop it.

This swathe of newly incorporated companies have names that are virtually identical to existing umbrella payroll firms, which sort the pay and tax of many temporary workers in sectors from building to teaching, health care and banking.

One of the genuine companies is Clarity Umbrella Limited of Ipswich.

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