Freelancer Lifestyle & Tales
WFH a bit chaotic? Hotel day-rates are still an option
While working from home is essential under the current UK Lockdown, there will be times, when you may need to 'escape' your work-from-home environm...
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Freelancer Lifestyle & Tales
How to master your own luck in life and business
This is the Freelancer Informer's 1st Coffee Break Video Series. We are scouring out the best videos and also commissioning our own to inform, insp...
News
Gillian Anderson ignites the drama as The Iron Lady in The Crown Season 4 - what's in store?
The much anticipated Season 4 of The Crown is airing in the UK on November 15, 2020 (8:00 AM GMT). Here's what's in store, plus the Official Netfli...
Creative/Editorial/Media
UK vaccine Tzar Kate Bingham is unpaid, but her PR bill to taxpayers casts doubts on cost control and Tory-linked procurement
The head of Boris Johnson's vaccine task force, Kate Bingham, who according to her LinkedIn page is Managing Partner of Boston and London-based SV ...
Who's Hiring?
"Outside IR35" IT Contract vacancies back on track
It Contractor job site, Outside Spy, has reported that 'Outside IR35' IT Contract vacancies are now entering pre-Lockdown levels. The business has ...
Opinion
Solopreneurs snubbed by Treasury
The UK's furlough scheme, which will be extended in full (80% of salary) until the end of March, with the Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SE...
Who's Hiring?
Student gigs sector heats up in Lockdown
Companies providing remote working opportunities for students make up a fast-growing new sector, according to a report by Osborne Clarke's Workforc...
HMRC
BOE pumps £150bn into economy and sees interest rates lowest in history- how could you benefit?
The Bank of England is pumping an extra £150bn of government bonds into the economy as it warned the resurgence of Covid-19 would lead to a slower ...
Lifestyle
Netflix for free?
For most of us, money is tight, and with the latest national Lockdown in place and socialising it a no-no, knowing Netflix offers a selection of TV...
HMRC
How the minimum income floor works if you're self-employed
COVID- changes to MIF When the Department for Work and Pensions calculates your Universal Credit payment each month, in the recent past, they compa...
COVID-19
Moving house? Estate agents and removals firms remain open in Lockdown, plus latest on financial support and mortgage holidays
If you have exchanged on your house during the Lockdown, you can still move home during the latest national Lockdown, according to the government's...
News
Gig Worker Prop 22 passed in California - now what?
Drivers and other workers for so-called gig economy companies in California will not become their employees, the New York Times reported. "Californ...
Lifestyle
Home remedies loved by Freelancers - share yours!
Freelancers cannot afford to get ill. Literally. That is why The Freelance Informer has turned to its Recipe Book of home remedies for a healthy st...
Tech
Microsoft acts fast as hackers masquerade as conference organizers of high profile events
Nation-state cyberattackers are routinely pursuing think tanks, policy organizations and governmental and non-governmental organizations, seeking i...
News
SEISS: The latest details going into Lockdown
Here is the latest from the UK Government on the increased support for the UK's Self-Employment Income Support Scheme under this week's anticipated...