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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.

23 November 2023

8 min

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.

17 November 2023

7 min

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.

22 August 2023

4 min

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.

4 August 2023

5 min

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.

28 July 2023

5 min

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.

25 July 2023

5 min

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?

18 July 2023

5 min

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.

11 July 2023

3 min

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.

10 July 2023

3 min

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.

4 July 2023

2 min

Hitting low-earners with tax penalties shows just how outdated HMRC is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.

30 June 2023

4 min

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.

27 June 2023

5 min

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.

9 June 2023

5 min

Better HMRC self-employment guidance must result from tax simplification

Freelancers' 24-month wait on tax simplification will be worth it, as long as HMRC dispenses with its one-size-fits-all guidance on .gov.

6 June 2023

5 min

Pay cash deposit to keep up ‘self-employed drivers’ claim, Addison Lee told

Taxi firm gets a sharp financial incentive from the courts, amid concerns it is stalling the payment of worker rights.

30 May 2023

4 min

Is using my own laptop in-house for ad agencies a basis to charge extra?

A freelancing expert disappoints a designer hoping to add a premium for bringing in his own equipment.

26 May 2023

3 min

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