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Freelancer horror stories - and how to avoid the same terrifying fate

Don’t be like Graham, Rosie or Raj if you want to survive or thrive in the world of freelance contracting.

11 August 2023

8 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

5 things freelancers should consider when naming their limited company

The very first step to forming a limited company as a freelancer is picking an appropriate name. Here, company formation agents 1st Formations share their top 5 tips for choosing a name for your company.

20 July 2023

3 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

Making the leap from full-time freelancer to full-time business owner

There may come a time that you want to take your freelance business as a fully-fledged business. Here is how you can make the leap from full-time freelancer to a full-time business owner.

9 December 2019

4 min