
Freelancer News


Spring Budget 2024: Freelance IT workers hope against hope for IR35 off-payroll repeal
Even if the chance of the chancellor unveiling it is slim, revoking IR35 reform still tops tech freelancing’s wishlist.
Freelance tech sector unmoved by Autumn Statement 2023, despite AI, Life Science and innovation boosters
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s offerings on take-home pay, tax reforms, and technology, come off as inadequate to IT contracting’s top advisers.
Autumn Statement 2023: Freelance tech sector in 11th hour appeals to chancellor Jeremy Hunt
Leading organisations that support tech and freelancing tell Free-Work that Hunt’s Conservative colleagues have got it right -- IR35 reform ought to go.
Freelancers skilled in Digital and Cyber Security unlikely to notice tech vacancy dip
The tech jobs pool narrowing in July doesn’t look like it will dampen the prospects of either the niche or some who specialise on a freelance basis.
The business case for freelancers: how UK plc can leverage contract talent
Revealed: the benefits freelancers bring; practical steps to hire them, and how to get the most from such temporary talent.
Could self-employed freelancers sway General Election 2024?
If today’s trends continue, the main parties will need to chase the strivers’ vote -- people who have freedom over their work.
Freelancers, you can’t serve two different employers at the same time
A reversal in a taxi driver’s status signals the courts aren’t reinventing the wheel to accommodate joint working.
Work returnee aged 50+? Forget golf entirely, swing for freelancing instead
Will you be part of the cost-of-living crisis’s silver lining by adding to the ranks of the formerly retired, refiring their careers as self-employed?
VAT as a sole trader: when the self-employed require Value Added Tax
Stumped by VAT? Accountants can be too, so grasp the following basics but ask on the complexities.
How HMRC is wrongly continuing to profit from the self-employed
Far from giving a leg-up to our economy’s kick-starters, the government is watching freelancers take a financial bruising.
Creative recruiter exposes identity pay gap for freelancers in the North
Rate disparities owing to sexuality, ethnicity, and gender show up as significant in a poll of 450 creatives.
Hitting low-earners with tax penalties shows just how outdated HMRC is
The world of work is increasingly going freelance, but our tax system remains rooted around employer and employee. It’s time for change.
Over-50s are returning to work; could freelancing be the way to do it?
New pensions perks could be the final push that workplace returnees need to go self-employed.
Freelance marketers increasingly need data law nous to avoid falling foul
Meta’s advertising concessions and the ICO’s rulings both signal that marketing and legal teams can no longer operate in silos.