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'Marketing consultant' handed 18-month jail term
Attempt to rob his firms of £140,000 returns real consequences for a fake marketer.
Feb 1, 2018 | Marketing/PR NewsLate payments tsar to get tough, 'if need be'
'Three strikes and you're out' approach mooted by the small business commissioner.
Jan 31, 2018 | Money NewsSmall business gets £100 tax penalty cancelled
Not being a 'flesh and blood human being' is why the taxman has come unstuck.
Jan 30, 2018 | Money NewsFewer self-employed declaring bankruptcy
A wave of personal insolvencies doesn’t appear to be engulfing freelancers.
Jan 29, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSeven-year-olds to have copyright lessons
Intellectual approach? Patent officials get down with the kids with an IP cartoon series.
Jan 26, 2018 | Freelancing NewsAlert over slowing self-employment growth
Stats showing 'going it alone' isn’t a growing business should ring alarm bells, says IPSE.
Jan 25, 2018 | Freelancing NewsTaxpayers fob off HMRC with alien accounts
Or at least they’re trying to, alongside claims about vertigo, rabbits and a Glasgow nightclub.
Jan 24, 2018 | Money NewsWhen you pay HMRC today, is there a delay?
Be aware, because you paying isn’t always the same as the taxman getting paid.
Jan 23, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Is an annual bonus an IR35 sign I can ignore?
'Thanks, but no thanks' might be the cleanest way out of a status muddying.
Jan 22, 2018 | IR35 NewsFancy a cuppa of creativity? Tea found to enrich ideas
Freelancers may need only half a cup to stir some innovation into their work.
Jan 19, 2018 | Freelancing NewsIPSE to award most talented freelancers
Freelance body wants to hear from the great, the young and the newly self-employed.
Jan 18, 2018 | Freelancing NewsRecord number of Britons eying freelancing
Timetabled or not, an unprecedented number of workers want to 'go it alone.'
Jan 17, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Which taxes do sole traders pay this month?
Expert previews what an accountant is going to suggest paying before January 31st.
Jan 16, 2018 | Money NewsTaxman takes you listening to mean you're not waiting
'Unacceptable' way to count response times is blasted, after 12 minutes became four minutes.
Jan 15, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Am I alright to not register with HMRC yet?
New freelancers no longer need to register within their first three months.
Jan 12, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFour in 10 freelancers hope to retire before their sixties
Day rates look decent enough for almost half the self-employed to stop work before pension age.
Jan 11, 2018 | Money NewsFreelancers' Questions: Can they change my service agreement end-date?
Legal expert pits what a mistaken email said against what was initially agreed.
Jan 10, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCreative body sends downbeat 2018 message
The 'buffeted' government is told it can't be waited on any longer to help creative sectors.
Jan 9, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers, what's your new year tax resolution?
Here's four to get you started, to help towards a more profitable year. Jan 7, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSmall is beautiful, suggest UK freelancers
No plans to grow in 2018 are on the agenda for the bulk of single-person businesses. Jan 4, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Can I claim petrol costs as a new Uber driver?
Moonlighting at night while setting up a business by day may be taxing. Jan 3, 2018 | Freelancing NewsHammond schedules Spring Statement 2018
March 13 is the next date for your diary, but 'major new policy' isn't the intention. Dec 20, 2017 | Money NewsWe freelance through illness, say eight in 10
A call for freelancers to get sick pay is spluttered out again, as many have worked while unwell. Dec 19, 2017 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: What if I'm still unpaid a year later?
'The reputable won’t require you to fork out before they recover what you're owed.' Dec 18, 2017 | Freelancing NewsWhich gigs will freelancers find most profitable?
Focus on long term contracts and charging more with experience. Dec 13, 2017 | Freelancing NewsGet yourself on social media in 5 steps
As a freelancer, social media can help you reach new clients and it gives you a platform to display your work to them.
Dec 13, 2017 | Marketing