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OPINION As part of PM Rishi Sunak's Cabinet Reshuffle, Rt Hon Esther McVey was appointed as Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office on 13 ...
OPINION Is it possible for a deadline-dependent freelancer to work less than 8 hours per day and pay the bills? I came across an article the other ...
OPINION Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves says the Labour Party, if voted into power next year, will appoint a Covid Corruption Comm...
OPINION There are signs emerging that higher tax rates and fees for the self-employed could be on the cards to pay for the Companies House overhaul...
Meta's Zuckerberg and Tesla/Twitter's Musk are talking tough. They are taunting each other to battle it out in a cage fight. Yes, seriously. Musk a...
If there is a call for ageing workers, especially senior executives, "to retire already" to give younger generations a chance to move up the corpor...
Freelancers are going to have to work more or smarter or both to keep the lights on A Bank of England rate-setter, a Goldman Sachs strategist and a...
OPINION Fines for anti-social behaviour are going up following Rishi Sunak's new crackdown. Money grabs like these arguably make more sense than ot...
OPINION How can a once entrepreneur-turned-Chancellor sit comfortably with the "immorality of IR35's double-taxation"? This is just one of the conc...
Being a supply teacher has its benefits, like flexible working. However, the role often has its share of problems. Resolving them is no walk in the...
OPINION HMRC has just released its own research into the impact of Off-payroll working. The report follows externally commissioned work that came o...
OPINION PM Rishi Sunak spoke to an audience at the CBI this week expressing that the Conservative government wants to "support small businesses to ...