Freelancing News
Creatives back Brexit implementation period agreement
‘Much-needed certainty’ for creative firms embraced, thanks to a deal lasting until 2020.
Mar 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Will the recruiter weigh in if I ignore off-payroll rules?
Freelancer’s Question: Are my public sector colleagues correct to say that a freelancer running their own limited company can just carry on and ignore the off-payroll regime? Or will it fall to my agency to tell me the status of my contract, in terms of its exposure to IR35?
Mar 27, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBBC ‘bullied presenters into becoming freelance companies'
As a radio host’s anguish leads to her attempted suicide, the BBC takes action.
Mar 26, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCash no longer king for creatives
Money isn’t talking (as loud) to creative types, who now crave flexible hours.
Mar 23, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSelf-employment stabilising welcomed
The age-old appeal of ‘going it alone’ is consistently resonating with 15% of the workforce.
Mar 22, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBBC presenters mock ‘ridiculous’ CEST
The IR35 digital tool acquired comic status at yesterday’s select committee.
Mar 21, 2018 | Freelancing NewsIR35 consultation delay puts April 2019 start in doubt
Growing consensus is that April 2020 is when IR35 is much more likely to change.
Mar 20, 2018 | Freelancing NewsTaxman to take VAT Flat Rate Scheme questions
Webinar will demystify last year’s still hazy changes to a VAT simplification scheme.
Mar 19, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBritain’s creative digital exports come in at £21bn
Freelancers contributing to a space now behind 70% of all creative services exports.
Mar 16, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSpring Statement seen as supporting self-employed
Chancellor credited with boosting the freelance economy -- in the long-term.
Mar 14, 2018 | Freelancing NewsTwice as many self-employed mothers than in 2008
Ahead of today’s Spring Statement, officials are urged to support mums who freelance.
Mar 13, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers must keep confident and carry on, despite the Ackroyd case
The taxman’s IR35 win at the BBC shouldn’t scare the genuinely self-employed.
Mar 12, 2018 | Freelancing NewsUnpaid freelancers urged to ‘check, chase, choose’
The Small Business Commissioner issues his first advice since being appointed.
Mar 9, 2018 | Freelancing NewsExperts fail to fathom HMRC’s new penalty idea
A body of tax experts says it cannot fathom a new proposal for a 2.5 per cent tax-geared penalty for slightly late payments to HMRC.
Mar 8, 2018 | Freelancing NewsWhy BBC presenter Christa Ackroyd’s inside-IR35 status stood
An expert analysis of how a PSC at BBC News made headlines that neither party will have wanted.
Mar 6, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCreative industries body backs May’s Brexit speech
‘Good but could do better on the detail, especially around the self-employed.’
Mar 5, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Is the Blakely case really a ‘game-changer’?
'Writing is on the wall for brollies -- HMRC holds the paintbrush, and BEIS the ladder.'
Mar 2, 2018 | Freelancing NewsPR firm forced to remove ‘misleading’ advert
Watchdog pounces on getting your employee to endorse you using their ex-employer’s name.
Mar 1, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Should I agree to give a client progress reports?
A monthly round-up is better for your stress (and status) than a ‘tracking log.’
Feb 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsPipefitter 'only a worker due to parasitical brolly'
A real umbrella company would have thwarted a first of its kind bogus self-employment case.
Feb 26, 2018 | Freelancing News‘First step’ to give freelancers shared parental leave taken
MP puts freelance parents at the heart of a bill to block-share maternity allowance.
Feb 23, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ confidence wobble confirmed
Second study finds financial issues dragging on self-employed people’s optimism.Second study finds financial issues dragging on self-employed people’s optimism.
Feb 22, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancing body warns of two-year pay freeze
Profits squeeze predicted -- except for a small band of associate professionals.
Feb 21, 2018 | Freelancing NewsOnline tax appeals show higher success rate
Contesting the taxman’s claims digitally has the edge over doing it manually.
Feb 20, 2018 | Freelancing NewsMore staff than last year looking to ‘go it alone’
Freelancers will see new entrants in the self-employed sector -- albeit not yet.
Feb 19, 2018 | Freelancing News‘Victimised’ BBC presenter loses IR35 appeal
A ‘life-changing’ tax debt faces a media veteran who says she’s a scapegoat.
Feb 16, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancer confidence falls again as pressures rise
Feeling the squeeze amid uncertainty, freelancers feel up against it on multiple fronts.
Feb 15, 2018 | Freelancing NewsVow not to raise self-employed NICs divides business groups
‘Watershed moment’ or ‘wasted opportunity’? Freelancers’ supporters clash over a promise not to hike Class 4.
Feb 14, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCall to extend shared parental leave to freelancers
New parents who work for themselves need flexible childcare the most -- IPSE.
Feb 13, 2018 | Freelancing NewsMinisters agree to make vast changes to freelance work
Almost all the Taylor Review gets accepted, much to the approval of freelance groups.
Feb 9, 2018 | Freelancing News