FreelanceUK News

‘Don’t stop sole trading, as COVID-19 support for limited companies won’t cover you’

Self-employed freelancers risk falling between two sets of gaps, if they switch away from SEISS to CJRS.

Apr 16, 2020 | Freelancing News

Five reasons you may still need cheques and why

The paper cheque does still play a part in money transactions in both business and for private individuals.

Apr 14, 2020 | Your Accounts

Covid-19: Sunak urged to urgently close gaps in support for self-employed

Chancellor inundated with calls from freelancers’ supporters to fix and patch the ‘complicated’ SEISS.

Apr 2, 2020 | Freelancing News

Covid-19: Government throws self-employed freelancers a financial lifeline, of sorts

Despite a vow of cash grants for 95% of them, real concern remains about coronavirus striking down UK sole traders.

Mar 27, 2020 | Freelancing News

How to freelance while you are employed

In this guide, we look at how to freelance while you are working as an employee. This includes creative freelancer jobs such as article writing and graphic design. 

Mar 23, 2020 | Start Ups

Johnson urgently pressed to cover self-employed income wiped out by coronavirus

PM urged by Corbyn and many others to compensate freelancers ‘devastated’ by COVID-19.

Mar 17, 2020 | Freelancing News

Budget 2020: Sunak’s 20 self-employed nods hardly lift freelancer ‘gloom’

When being heavily name-dropped by the chancellor doesn’t translate into too many tangibles.

Mar 12, 2020 | Freelancing News

Creative industry boss warns of mass IR35-induced conflict from April

Confusion. Complexity. And confrontation -- on five fronts. It’s all imminent, says PACT.

Mar 10, 2020 | IR35 News

The best freelance creative skills for 2020 – revealed

Discover if what you do is among the UK’s most wanted self-employed specialisms.

Feb 28, 2020 | Freelancing News

‘Fatal flaw’ to omit self-employed from Britain’s new immigration policy

The government’s ruling out of any freelance provision for 2021 entry is condemned.

Feb 25, 2020 | Freelancing News

Freelancer confidence ‘fallen off a cliff’ over IR35 tax changes

The few with faith in their one-person empire seem not to have clients cancelling freelancer hiring.

Feb 18, 2020 | IR35 News

How to pay tax as an Italian freelancer for a London-based company?

No cure for his ‘big fear,’ but a new freelancer may qualify for a small liability this first time around.

Feb 6, 2020 | Money Information

Creative freelancers' Brexit fears seem to ease, as the transition period begins

With the ‘worst of the uncertainty’ gone, an increasingly freelance-friendly visa system can come into focus.

Feb 3, 2020 | Freelancing News

Freelancers’ Questions: How to freelance in the UK as an EU citizen after Brexit?

Between today and December it’s ‘as you were,’ but after that, it’s uncertain.

Jan 30, 2020 | Running Your Business

Gender rate gap goes into reverse for top creative-media freelancers

Social Media, Videography and PR now pay men less handsomely than women for the very same skills.

Jan 27, 2020 | Freelancing News

Freelancers’ Questions: How much is the late payment fee, if I didn’t set a ‘pay-by’ date?

Debt collection expert helps a forgetful freelancer trying for 7-day terms, following fob-offs.

Jan 23, 2020 | Money Information

Everything freelancers need to know about IR35 (but were afraid to ask!)

The top FAQs on IR35; since 2000, as of 2017 and from April 6th 2021.

Jan 22, 2020 | IR35 / IR591

January 31 is far from the Brexit saga cut-off, creative freelancers cautioned

Negotiations won’t stop next Friday, nor will questions about EU freelancing post-December 2020.

Jan 21, 2020 | Freelancing News

A UK freelancer’s overview of VAT

All you need to know about VAT if you’re self-employed, especially as Brexit looms.

Jan 19, 2020 | Money News

Freelancing’s hardest part? That’s not as easy, say self-employed creatives

Unlike what freelancers love, what they fear and loathe tends to vary. But these five grate the most.

Jan 17, 2020 | Running Your Business

An overview of Holiday pay for freelancers

Cases like Uber, Deliveroo and Pimlico are only the start of paid leave changing.

Jan 11, 2020 | Freelancing News

Tax deadline survival guide for freelancers who need to self-assess by January 31st

Beware HMRC’s ‘file any time you wish’ claim, as it only applies to the totally prepared.

Jan 9, 2020 | Money Information

Freelancing’s best part? The self-employed are unanimous

‘It’s all about autonomy, as freelancing’s many other perks, like flexibility, all flow from it.’

Jan 6, 2020 | Day-to-Day Business

Freelance creatives tell MPs their 2020 concerns

Free and easy-to-use template lets the self-employed have their say to up to 140 MPs.

Jan 2, 2020 | Freelancing News

Freelancers share their wishes for New Year 2020

The legislative plan for the year ahead appears to miss much of what the self-employed need.

Dec 19, 2019 | Freelancing News

Freelancers’ advisers throw parties’ IR35 review pledges into doubt

The jostling for the freelance sector’s vote this Thursday has become unedifying.

Dec 9, 2019 | IR35 News

Freelancer confidence collapses as economic fears take hold

It’s the economy (stupid), no longer Brexit or IR35, that’s behind the self-employed’s record pessimism.

Dec 5, 2019 | Freelancing News

No full-time Small Business Commissioner is the least of freelancers’ payment woes

The Tory manifesto is right to vow action against late payment, but wrong if it thinks the SBC is a panacea.

Dec 3, 2019 | Money

General election 2019: what self-employed freelancers are promised

The main three parties’ manifestos make many pledges. Are any aimed at you?

Nov 29, 2019 | Freelancing News

How to freelance as a non-UK citizen for an EU-based client?

Know your options in a world of tax, compliance, Brexit and IR35 reform.

Nov 26, 2019 | Freelancing News

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