
Freelancer News


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Hitting low-earners with tax penalties shows just how outdated HMRC is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.
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.
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.
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.
Long VAT-registration delays hit freelancers and their accountants
Between six and several months just to obtain a VAT number from HMRC is condemned as ‘an impediment to running a business.’
Top 10 best-paying freelance creative jobs
Ranging from marketing to software, at £25 an hour and £600 a day, freelance posts are helping creative hirers weather a perfect storm.
Best self-employed to be spotlighted at IPSE Awards 2023. Enter now!
Freelancers have until 5pm Monday to put themselves forward for an accolade (if your client hasn’t entered you already).
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