Parasol put up their margin 55% without any notice, any suggestions on a different umbrella company to switch over to?

One for those experienced with umbrella companies, and perhaps contractual notice periods?

Here’s the story:

I was just checking my payslip and noticed that all of a sudden the margin has shot up!

I’m not accepting this, it is insane! So I need to find another Umbrella asap.

The contract says I need to give them 4 weeks notice.

It also says that they need to give me 4 weeks notice for any significant change, and 2 weeks notice for any minor change. I would argue that the margin is a massively significant change!

Instead of giving 4 weeks notice, they buried the price increase in an email about tax year end bits sent out 31 March - and implemented the price increase a week later.

So my instinct says to simply say no, and to switch over to another company ASAP. Anyone else had to deal with the same issue?

Posted Apr 24, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC

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