Lifestyle
Glimmer of hope over stamp duty holiday extension (for some)
A campaign led by the property sector to extend the Stamp Duty Tax holiday saw a glimmer of hope last week when Jesse Norman, the Financial Secreta...
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Freelancer Lifestyle & Tales
Funny business: Stanford study shows how to use humour to land more clients
"Laughter is like exercising, meditating and having sex at the same time."Naomi Bagdonas, Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and ...
Tech
FreelanceHER 100: How an accelerator is jump-starting freelance careers for women who lost their jobs during the pandemic
What's happening? Over the next 12-weeks, 110 women will be kick-starting their careers as freelancers in the North West of England thanks to a ful...
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Amazon To Pay $61.7m in tips back to Flex Drivers
Amazon will pay more than $61.7m to settle US Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to pay US-based Amazon Flex drivers the ful...
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Rishi Sunak live on Twitter discussing #PlanForJobs
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Former Depop CEO makes career move to scale up freelancer economy
Freelancer platform, YunoJuno, has appointed Runar Reistrup, former CEO of fashion marketplace Depop, as CEO. The hire comes at a time where YunoJu...
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COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca trials confirm 100% protection against severe disease, hospitalisation and death
Increased efficacy with longer inter-dose intervalProtection of over 70% starting after a first doseFirst indication of reduction in disease transm...
Freelancer Finance
Don't be a tax relief loser - here's how to protect your hard-earned cash
Time is of the essence to get the most out of your pension and savings tax relief for the 2020/21 tax year, especially with chatter that Chancellor...
Business & Finance
Calling all car, cab and cyclist owners - has your policy been hit by this failed insurer? FSCS steps in to find out.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has reported that that Gibraltar-based Prometheus Insurance Company Ltd (PICL) "failed" on 27 Jan...
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Government social media campaign warns holidays abroad are 'illegal'
COVID-19 travel It is illegal to travel abroad for holidays and other leisure purposes, the Foreign and Commonwealth office has reported. UK ...
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UK professional services sector is hot, hiring, and boosting salaries - plus more recruitment and salary trends for 2021
Over a third (34%) of employees in professional services – banking and financial services, accounting & finance, legal, technology – will receive a...
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Most in-demand freelance services, according to Google
Online searches on Google for freelancers has increased over the past year, particularly for those with digital marketing skills, according to a re...
Freelancer Lifestyle & Tales
Create the home office of your dreams (even if you have to share it )
One of the benefits of #Workstyle, working from home, flexible working, or running your own business from home is that you have carte blanche to cr...
Freelancer Finance
Kwasi says pay up: Small business invoices must be paid in 30 days under new gov regs
Businesses owners, Finance Directors and CEOs will be required to take personal responsibility by signing the Prompt Payment Code. Breaches will be...
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Closing your company? Companies House to pause voluntary and compulsory strike-off processes for one month
Companies House will pause its strike-off processes for companies closing their companies to cope with their reduced number of staff during Lockdow...