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Nov 14, 2017 | Freelancing NewsGovernment shelves £130 freelancers’ tax cut
'Unintended consequences' delays a simplification for sole traders until April 2019.
Nov 2, 2017 | Freelancing NewsCreative Britain 'needs two freelance talent routes'
From inside the EU and beyond, creative freelancers must have new ways-in -- report.
Oct 26, 2017 | Freelancing NewsNew trading allowances 'unfair to sole traders'
Micro-businesses who also freelance being hit by an exemption that’s meant to help.
Oct 24, 2017 | Freelancing NewsBosses cheer Hammond for vindicating profit-makers
But a shortage of red meat is making company directors hungry for more, says the IoD.
Oct 5, 2017 | Freelancing NewsFreelance body calls for tax-deductable training
IPSE tells Labour’s leader what his ‘national education service’ speech should have included.
Sep 28, 2017 | Freelancing NewsLib Dems call for new employment status tests
'Define self-employment, set new legal tests and introduce dependent contractor status.'
Sep 27, 2017 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers 'take six fewer holiday days than staff'
But smiles from most self-employed suggest their work-life balance makes up for it.
Sep 19, 2017 | Freelancing News'Gig economy' workers alerted to tax deadline
Informal, modern nature of work doesn’t take it out of the traditional tax system, says LITRG.
Sep 13, 2017 | Freelancing NewsUnpaid work 'the norm,' freelance creatives admit
A higher profile is about the only reward that two-thirds of creatives recently freelanced for.
Sep 6, 2017 | Freelancing NewsCreatives reveal why they work as freelancers
Specialisation, viability and control are creative freelancers’ main drivers.
Aug 17, 2017 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers handed official IP-Brexit guide
Reassurance (of sorts) issued to those whose designs or creations are protected.
Aug 10, 2017 | Freelancing NewsCosts of freelancing to soar, freelancers warn
Almost all freelancers foresee their input costs increasing, threatening profit margins.
Aug 10, 2017 | Freelancing NewsWhy creative freelancers get hired – top five reasons
Clients confess what they see in self-employed creatives.
Aug 8, 2017 | Freelancing NewsCreative industry recruiter pinpoints top trends
Four things that freelance creatives might find 'crucial' in the rest of 2017.
Jul 31, 2017 | Freelancing NewsHow many contracts freelance creatives have – revealed
Frequent contracts found to be a trait of gig workers -- and a potential cause of anxiety.
Jul 26, 2017 | Freelancing NewsCreative freelance probe recommends 10 actions
Government told how to recognise and support the 'invisible' workforce.
Jul 21, 2017 | Freelancing News'Half of workforce to be freelance by 2020'
Firms told to catch up, as one in every two workers may soon be self-employed. Its stated that 'Half of workforce to be freelance by 2020' in the Taylor Review.
Jul 17, 2017 | Freelancing NewsPrioritise giving us sick pay, freelancers say
Self-employed want illness cover more than any other provision from the state.
Jun 30, 2017 | Freelancing NewsReveal gig economy workers' pay -- report
And, says SMF, give all others who work for themselves a 'self-employed benefits package.'
Jun 22, 2017 | Freelancing NewsCreative body downbeat at party manifestos
Workers in the creative industry will have a hard choice on Thursday, hints CIF.
Jun 6, 2017 | Freelancing NewsLabour 'making the most freelancer-friendly sounds'
Jeremy Corbyn's party seems to have the edge in securing the self-employed's vote.
Jun 5, 2017 | Freelancing NewsSelf-employed get their own election campaign ads
IPSE says a golden egg-laying goose being strangled is akin to what the state is doing to the self-employed.
May 31, 2017 | Freelancing NewsParty manifestos 2017: what freelancers are promised
The big three's key pledges to freelancing and self-employment.
May 26, 2017 | Freelancing NewsConservative manifesto 2017: creative industry pledges
What Theresa May's party is promising you -- and the rest of creative Britain.
May 23, 2017 | Freelancing NewsLib Dem manifesto 2017: creative industry pledges
Five promises Tim Farron’s party is making to you -- and the rest of creative Britain.
May 18, 2017 | Freelancing NewsLabour 2017 manifesto: creative industry pledges
A dozen ways Jeremy Corbyn wants to keep our creative sectors 'world class.'
May 17, 2017 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Does granting copyright have to be retrospective?
Legal aid for a freelancer feeling stung by his client’s Facebook game request.
May 15, 2017 | Freelancing NewsCompany directors want self-employed NI to rise
A supporter of enterprise calls for a tax hike on people in business on their own.
May 11, 2017 | Freelancing NewsMPs accuse 'gig economy' giants of exploitation
Business body sticks up for self-employment amid claims it is used to deny rights.
May 3, 2017 | Freelancing News