Guide to Freelancing
What’s so good about freelancing, and why do people go self-employed?
Ahead of Spring Budget 2023, IPSE asks two key questions and hopefully, chancellor Hunt will have some supportive responses. 4 min
IT and tech news and guides
Guide to Freelancing
Guide to Freelancing
Freelancer burnout: Top tips for keeping professional exhaustion at bay
Five strategies from a leading life coach that self-employed creatives can try to stop feeling frazzled. 4 min
Freelancer News
ChatGPT: how creative freelancers can make the app work for them
Far from being a threat, the tool of the moment can offer self-employed creatives a helping hand. 4 min
IR35
How IR35 traps can be avoided as a freelancer
Five client requests that could see an outside IR35 contract fall inside the rules. 4 min
IT news
Cyber Scotland Week: Cyber Security Careers and Digital Transformation in Scotland
What is Cyber Scotland Week?Cyber Scotland Week takes place between 27th February and 5th March. 3 min
IT news
Tesla recalls more than 360,000 self-driving cars over software flaws in the US.
Tesla are leading the way when it comes to autonomous vehicles, as all Tesla cars now come standard with advanced hardware capable of providing Autopilot features, and full self-driving capabilities—through software updates designed to improve functionality.Tesla’s self-driving featuresAutopilot is . 3 min
Freelancer News
Freelancers reminded that labels don’t decide or alter employment status
EAT: Being part of an HMRC scheme for the self-employed doesn’t determine you as self-employed. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
Any risk if my client moves me from retainer to ‘required 9-to-5’?
Far from just losing billable hours, one creative may have lost the commercial status they’ll need to stay outside IR35. 5 min
Freelancer News
Netherlands MVV: what self-employed Britons need to know
Quite a big section of small print for UK freelancers to read, before they can successfully go Dutch. 3 min
Freelancer News
Two creative heavyweights are fighting 'Oxford University’s Uberisation'
With ramifications for the gig economy, a very unexpected case could lead to securer terms for the hard-working. 3 min
Freelancer Finances
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax delayed: what do freelancers need to do?
In December 2022, the government announced its decision to delay introducing Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) for two more years until April 2026, but do freelancers need to do anything? 3 min
Freelancer Services
Freelancer MVL Solution from SFP
SFP MVL are the number 1 provider of Members Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) solutions in the UK. As part of the award winning SFP Group and the preferred choice for the majority of freelancer accountants, you can be assured that if you want to close down your company, your money is in safe hands! 2 min
Freelancer News
Freelancers, here’s your 2023 marketing plan for your self-employed biz
How Google, LinkedIn, Clutch, and not too much Zoom can take your sole trader business to new heights this year. 5 min
Freelancer News
Major Players asks creative industries freelancers to have their say
A new survey for creatives is likely to confirm the freelancing market as still lumpy, but seeing a steady flow of new opportunities. 3 min
Freelancer Services
Mortgages for Freelancers
The difference in pay structure between an employee and a freelancer can lead to the self-employed being penalised when it comes to getting a mortgage. We have partnered with Freelancer Financials to provide mortgages for freelancers, which are fair and reasonable. 2 min
Freelancer News
Self-employed try to file at the 11th hour (and keep their cool) with HMRC
We’re busy. It’s complicated. And I can’t afford it, say freelancers ahead of their ‘mad dash’ to self-assess before midnight. 4 min
Freelancer Services
Limited Company Formation for freelancers
Are you looking to create a limited company for your freelancer business? If you are, then our partner 1st Formations can help you do just that. 3 min