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Commemorating the Queen
The Freelance Informer sends its most heartfelt sympathies to the Royal Family, their staff and long-life friends on news of the death of Her Majes...
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How to avoid getting "flexi-fished" in a new job
Care is needed when advertising flexible working patterns in job roles Many of us have heard of catfishing whereby someone deceptively creates a fa...
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What would you do with one "free day" each week?
A UK 4-day week study is showing lasting positive effects on worker productivity and wellbeing. How are people spending their "free day" and what i...
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In Truss we Trust? What the self-employed need from the new PM and her Cabinet
For those freelancers out there that were worried about Rishi Sunak being offered a role in new Prime Minister Liz Truss’s cabinet and leaving the ...
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Government response to PAC’s IR35 report is “legally incorrect” “predictable” and loaded with “ivory tower thinking” say IR35 experts
The Government has responded to the Public Account Committee’s report on the lessons learned from implementing IR35 that was published in May 2022,...
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Freelancers aren’t who you think finds new report
Original reporting by Toby McInnis For the majority of us, the word “freelancer” evokes an image of a young person tapping away on their laptop in ...
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Will a bonus or Cost of Living pay-out put freelancers in hot water with HMRC?
Some contractor recruitment agencies, such as Andrew Construction Recruitment (ACR), believe self-employed contractors deserve a Cost of Living pay...
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Freelancers have this awesome trait, says McKinsey
Isn't it about time governments on both sides of the Atlantic started recognising and celebrating freelancers, who according to a McKinsey study, h...
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Contractors in these sectors can expect stricter return-to-office policies
Independent workers in certain industries may be expected to travel more frequently to client offices this autumn, according to research carried ou...
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IR35: Truss must “fix it or ditch it" to boost economy, says compliance expert
Conservative leader and Prime Minister candidate Liz Truss has pledged, if voted into power, to review IR35, the tax legislation that many serving ...
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How to get paid in crypto and not get scammed
Vyacheslav Demchuk, Ukraine entrepreneur and CEO of anti-money laundering service AMLBot and the first crypto wallet with AML (anti-money...
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Mass layoffs at US tech startups. What does this mean for freelancers on both sides of the Atlantic?
The tech startup space in the United States has been on a downward trend, according to new data coming in from across the pond. The number of layof...