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Creative firms to have their say on post-Brexit visa system
Clients, agencies and suppliers urged to help make immigration rules 'fit for purpose'.
Dec 11, 2018 | Freelancing News'Creativity' still has meaning in online job adverts, finds Nesta
It seems ubiquitous, but 'creativity' as a requirement isn't being diluted by baristas -- study.
Dec 5, 2018 | Freelancing NewsThree must-dos for freelancers who divvy, track and print
Tools of the trade have come a long way for the self-employed. Are you equipped for 2019?
Dec 3, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Why haven't I heard back from contracts I applied for?
Four issues can face freelancers who don’t hear back when they go forward for work.
Dec 2, 2018 | Freelancing NewsEnviable freelance jobs ‘tend not to pay big bucks’
Disconnect found between what’s lucrative as a freelancer and what’s alluring.
Nov 29, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCreative industry bosses clash over Brexit withdrawal agreement
As creative groups, thinkers and advisers disagree, uncertainty seems to be the only certainty.
Nov 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsLords want digital tax accounts for small traders delayed
‘And even if MTD is postponed, small business owners must be persuaded not pushed.’
Nov 27, 2018 | Money NewsFreelance body warns of ‘worrying labour trend’
Concern as unemployment’s first rise since January coincides with a 58,000 fall in freelancers.
Nov 15, 2018 | Freelancing NewsTaxman to talk Flat Rate VAT
The lowdown on going flat for VAT to go live tomorrow (and in December).
Nov 13, 2018 | Money NewsCulture secretary admits to not reading a newspaper
Jeremy Wright gives an audience of editors a splash he'll likely miss.
Nov 7, 2018 | Journalism NewsDelay or not on IR35 reform, the damage will be done
Forget giveth and taketh away, with 'Ltd' freelancers, this chancellor is all taketh.
Nov 6, 2018 | IR35 NewsCreatives' concern at Spring Statement reverting to a Budget
'Recognition of small suppliers is welcome, but reassurances might be vital.'
Nov 5, 2018 | Freelancing NewsIR35 reform is Budget 2018's biggest revenue-raiser
Hammond’s IR35 haul to net more in a single year than any other measure in the entire Budget.
Nov 4, 2018 | IR35 NewsFreelancers £52 better off, at most, under Budget 2018
Only top earners get a half-decent monthly rise in income, and that’s not until 2019/20.
Nov 1, 2018 | Freelancing NewsAutumn Budget 2018 likely to leave most freelancers cold
Or annoyed, as the self-employed seem to be part funding two of the chancellor’s giveaways.
Oct 30, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBudget 2018: what freelancers can expect
Hammond raiding 'Ltd' freelancers looks likely, on top of the rash but realistic option of him reforming IR35.
Oct 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsHammond urged to boost video games sector up a level
An important creative sector needs sustaining with an investment fund, chancellor told.
Oct 26, 2018 | Technology NewsEU cities overrun in new co-working league table
Despite London’s dominance, much of Europe isn’t home to the top cities for collaborative work.
Oct 24, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCreative media's pay-gap ‘at least half the size in temp jobs’
But the industry’s women are still 10% worse-off when doing the same work as men.
Oct 21, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFall in inflation 'unlikely to ease freelancers' financial fears'
September's cheaper prices may have merely moderated freelancers' financial anxiety levels.
Oct 18, 2018 | Money NewsCreative freelancers reassured over Brexit talent plan
Traveling to the EU for ‘temporary business activity’ is what we’re working on -- Wright.
Oct 11, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBrexit could shelve IR35 reform at Budget 2018
UK-EU uncertainty may kick the IR35 reform can down the road to Spring Statement 2019.
Oct 10, 2018 | IR35 NewsWhy you should ditch the real-life office
We have entered a transcendent age where technology is at the forefront of everything we do. This has transformed multiple business processes, including the conventional office environment.
Oct 10, 2018 | Working from HomeThird of freelancers suffer ‘disheartening’ skills decay
Being less of an expert just to land the job is a requirement for one in three self-employed.
Oct 4, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCreative body brands immigration plans 'disappointing'
Freelancer-only visa call repeated, in light of all overseas creatives facing ‘non-preferential’ access.
Oct 3, 2018 | Freelancing NewsA guide to Individual Voluntary Arrangement
The guide to Individual Voluntary Arrangement highlights what exactly an IVA is and how it can benefit the self-employed. It can help sole traders pay their debts without losing their business and personal finances.
Sep 27, 2018 | Your AccountsHuge freelancers’ party issues final invitations (to you)
Self-employed urged to register now to put on a freelance-friendly deal or event.
Sep 24, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers to feel inflationary squeeze 'more than employees'
Rising cost of travel to hard-hit those who have to absorb it themselves.
Sep 21, 2018 | Money NewsThe Rise of the Self-Employed
The number of self-employed is rising due to the many benefits. Individuals are either taking up a side hustle or going full employed because of the extra income and the flexibility which supports the work-life balance. Here is how you can become self-employed.
Sep 19, 2018 | Start UpsFreelancers' Questions: Now they're staying, what are Class 2 NICs?
Tax charity clarifies why a levy on the self-employed isn’t going anywhere.
Sep 18, 2018 | Money News
