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Self-employed jobs market for freelance creatives ‘not all doom and gloom’
Despite some approaching it with ‘slight trepidation,’ creative freelancing in the UK is paying out more -- even amid the ‘Great Recalibration.’
May 2, 2023 | Freelancing NewsSelf-employment as a freelancer? It’s on the rise again
If ONS stats are right, and their steely determination is anything to go by, freelancers look like they are on the rebound.
Apr 28, 2023 | Freelancing NewsAmazon drivers’ case ‘is no Uber, but may be a catalyst for self-employed’
While its significance is still in doubt, an incoming FTT case against Amazon is billed to be interesting, expensive, and messy.
Apr 21, 2023 | Freelancing NewsWhy your portfolio could lose or land the next freelance gig you go for
A dated CV or portfolio is the big mistake self-employed creatives too often made in 2023’s first quarter.
Apr 18, 2023 | Freelancing NewsPredictable hours legislation: a good deal for gig economy workers, at last
Freelancers are potentially among the ‘workers’ set to benefit from legislative certainty on when they’ll work, and what hours.
Apr 14, 2023 | Freelancing NewsBrexit impact on freelancers and UK creative firms, ‘an absolute nightmare’
The lack of provisions in the 2020 deal is as if the government has said, ‘Hey Creatives…Nope.’
Apr 11, 2023 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers with accounting periods unaligned to tax years must act
Will you be required to apportion your accounting profits in the tax year in which they arise?
Apr 4, 2023 | Money InformationStatus experts grumble at Just Eat making couriers self-employed
Hungry to work off its losses, the takeaway-delivery firm’s reclassification is billed as a risk it probably feels is worth taking.
Mar 28, 2023 | Freelancing NewsSpring Budget focussed on the labour market, yet ignored the self-employed
A ‘back to work’ Budget that overlooks the key route of people starting their own freelance ventures should go back to the drawing board.
Mar 27, 2023 | Freelancing NewsSpring Budget 2023: Chancellor offers self-employed next to nothing
Everything ranging from ‘a complete absence’ to ‘not a huge amount’ is unveiled to freelancers by Jeremy Hunt.
Mar 16, 2023 | Freelancing NewsAdvisers to creative freelancers reveal Spring Budget 2023 hopes and fears
Chancellor Hunt is being overloaded by a sprawling list of demands, in a sign of just how much self-employed creatives are in need.
Mar 10, 2023 | Freelancing NewsChatGPT: how creative freelancers can make the app work for them
Far from being a threat, the tool of the moment can offer self-employed creatives a helping hand.
Feb 28, 2023 | MarketingFreelancers reminded that labels don’t decide or alter employment status
EAT: Being part of an HMRC scheme for the self-employed doesn’t determine you as self-employed.
Feb 21, 2023 | Freelancing NewsNetherlands MVV: what self-employed Britons need to know
Quite a big section of small print for UK freelancers to read, before they can successfully go Dutch.
Feb 14, 2023 | Freelancing NewsTwo creative heavyweights are fighting 'Oxford University’s Uberisation'
With ramifications for the gig economy, a very unexpected case could lead to securer terms for the hard-working.
Feb 10, 2023 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers, 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 News
