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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.
Feb 7, 2023 | Marketing IntroductionMajor 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.
Feb 3, 2023 | Freelancing NewsSelf-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.
Jan 31, 2023 | Freelancing NewsFreelancer tax returns are due imminently: final tips to file on time
Deadlines don’t usually faze the self-employed, but Tuesday’s cut-off will sting if you miss it.
Jan 27, 2023 | Money InformationWhat the delay to MTD for Income Tax Self-Assessment means for freelancers
FreeAgent unpacks the government’s decision to put back MTD ITSA until April 2026 – at the earliest.
Jan 17, 2023 | Money NewsHMRC probes 50,000 Self-Employment Income Support Scheme users
Taxman asks droves of sole traders to prove they were eligible for SEISS grants four and five.
Jan 13, 2023 | Freelancing NewsUK freelancing ‘on track for a shot in the arm from cost of living crisis’
More creatives needing second incomes, or realising their retirement funds won’t stretch, bodes well for self-employment.
Jan 6, 2023 | Freelancing NewsDue better policy, freelancers got thrown from covid to recession
All the self-employed want for Christmas is a government sympathetic to challenges tied to their unique way of working.
Dec 13, 2022 | Freelancing NewsAutumn Statement 2022: where creative freelancers may see an upside
In the current climate, the chancellor’s measures indicate that some difficult days may lie ahead for self-employed creatives.
Nov 22, 2022 | Freelancing NewsAutumn Statement 2022: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt 'abandons' self-employed
‘Government doesn’t seem to value the way which freelancers work -- or the spirit that leads them to set up their own business’.
Nov 18, 2022 | Freelancing NewsAutumn Statement 2022: Where the self-employed need the chancellor to help
There’s five measures to boost freelancers but, arguably, none are more important than an end to chaos, confusion, and uncertainty.
Nov 8, 2022 | Freelancing NewsNew PM Rishi Sunak needs to work very hard to earn the self-employed’s trust
An ex-chancellor talking trust has his work cut out, given he gave freelancers IR35 reform, and next to nothing during covid.
Nov 4, 2022 | Freelancing NewsIR35 U-turn: what freelancers need now (at least at the time of writing)
An off-payroll rules reassessment is the sensible next move from the repeal that never was.
Oct 28, 2022 | IR35 NewsWill GDPR replacement hit your creative industries projects?
Audio-visual is among the creative sectors to be upended if a new ‘British data protection system’ goes live.
Oct 25, 2022 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ advisers issue tax pleas ahead of Medium-Term Fiscal Plan
Clarify if not delay MTD for ITSA -- and help second-jobbers, chancellor Hunt urged.
Oct 21, 2022 | Freelancing NewsSelf-employed? European Freelancers Week 2022 is dedicated to how you work
Whichever of the big four freelance camps you fall into, here’s your ticket to EFW 2022.
Oct 18, 2022 | Freelancing NewsFirst SEISS case to hit the courts: an expert’s overview for freelancers
Warnings that HMRC would clawback wrongly claimed Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grants finally ring true.
Oct 14, 2022 | Freelancing NewsRepealing IR35 reform will unlock the freelance future
A hurdle in the freelance game has just been lifted. Sorting your footing for April 6th 2023 is the next challenge to overcome.
Oct 4, 2022 | IR35 / IR591Self-employed national insurance increase reversal: D-Day is January 31 2024
While it’s the NICs reversal making headlines, the Health & Social Care Levy being axed is the real saving for sole traders.
Sep 30, 2022 | Money NewsThe time for immigration routes to be tailored to EU freelance creatives is now
Tweaking two new visas could be just the ticket our economy needs to recover from losing 40,000 creatives.
Sep 27, 2022 | IR35 NewsYour very last chance to enter IPSE's Freelancer Awards 2022? It’s today
The third, most painful truth of self-employment doesn’t have to hurt you. But you need to act now, before 5pm.
Sep 23, 2022 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers add monetary woes to a teary bank holiday commemorating the Queen
Grieving or not, the self-employed would have found yesterday difficult, financially.
Sep 20, 2022 | Freelancing NewsHow to understand your tax when freelancing on the side
Thinking of a second income from self-employment? There are complexities -- but they can be overcome with the right help and information.
Sep 13, 2022 | Money InformationHow new prime minister Liz Truss can help the self-employed bounce back
It’s time for Truss to break the mold; radically change IR35, and keep her word to thousands of freelancers.
Sep 6, 2022 | Freelancing NewsFinancial fears sink freelancer confidence to levels not seen since covid
Economic woes are clouding the self-employed’s outlook -- for both the UK and their own one-person businesses.
Sep 5, 2022 | Freelancing NewsAs an employer, is hiring a freelancer the same as hiring a contractor?
Taking on a self-employed sole trader sounds the same as taking on a contractor. But beware the differences.
Aug 23, 2022 | IR35 / IR591What freelancers need to know about Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss
The two rivals for No 10 have avoided setting out their stall on self-employment. But very soon, one of them won’t be able to duck freelance policies any longer.
Aug 9, 2022 | Freelancing NewsBest core skills for freelancing -- according to five award-winning creatives
Winners of YunoJuno accolades reveal what it takes to survive and thrive as a creative freelancer in 2022.
Aug 5, 2022 | Freelancing NewsWhy our next prime minister must openly support the self-employed
Trans rights, tax cuts and spending. Not unimportant, but not what everyone in our increasingly flexible workforce is waiting for policy on.
Jul 19, 2022 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Who owns the IP rights in a freelancer situation?
Legal aid for an award-winning freelance floral designer, stung by new client representatives displaying copyright ignorance.
Jul 12, 2022 | Legal
