FreelanceUK News
Spring 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 NewsHow to Use the Internet to Build Freelance Professionalism
The internet has become integral to the way business is conducted, and freelance business is no different. In order to stay competitive, freelancers must use the internet to advertise, reach out to clients, and even to keep their own working environment running smoothly.
Feb 27, 2018 | Running Your BusinessPipefitter '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 NewsFreelancers' Questions: Is my overtime rate being unfairly calculated?
‘Don’t get hung up on how your agent tots up time-and-a- half, or do and find another.’
Feb 12, 2018 | Money 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 NewsCreative industry 'sidelined' in Brexit talks
A worrying 80% of firms say Britain’s creative status is heading for a bruising.
Feb 9, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers to get future-proofed, clued up on money
Last in a Guardian series to equip freelancers financially, and for the long-haul.
Feb 9, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Is doing the US client's work there or here less taxing?
Staying in the UK to supply a New York firtm is less exciting, but more viable.
Feb 9, 2018 | Freelancing NewsTax returns prove too much for 746,000 self-assessors
Deadline, what deadline? Droves are still to settle up, and staring at £100 fines.
Feb 9, 2018 | Money NewsChange to IR35 triggers 30,000 slump in start-ups
April's off-payroll rules are directly blamed for the first fall in business set-ups in seven years.
Feb 9, 2018 | Freelancing News'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 News