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HMRC launches new service for import businesses
Hundreds of thousands of UK traders could benefit from new service to make importing easier Any solo self-employed traders that import goods from f...
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New report suggests only 1 in 5 self-employed headed for a comfortable retirement
The Office for Budget Responsibility projects the UK's state pension and pensioner benefit spending will rise from 5.6% to 9.6% of national income ...
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Freelancers with depression could be at higher risk of heart and circulatory diseases
If you manage depression through psychological therapy you could have a better chance of decreasing your risk of heart disease and stroke, accordin...
Self-employed mortgages and financial products
More estate agents and career shifters turning to self-employment in 2023
Brokerage Just Mortgages has hired 48 new advisers in the first quarter of 2023, a sign that its self-employed division is doing something right. W...
Creative/Editorial/Media
Niche freelance translators gain an edge to compete with AI
Freelance translators will see a spike in demand for their services over the next 5 years. But with artificial intelligence bursting into the trans...
IR35
New government consultation looks into double- taxation of IR35
The government says it will launch a consultation to explore ways HMRC can account for double-taxation if a business gets caught for non-compliance...
Tech
How to use ChatGPT's API to start a business
If you are an app developer or a freelancer wanting to create a new digital knowledge-based business you might want to consider ChatGPT's API. Ther...
IR35
With PAYE worker numbers up 400% government lacks the incentive to regulate umbrella industry
Government slammed for “deafening silence” over umbrella industry consultation. The question remains, why has the government dragged its feet for 6...
IR35
IR35 mismanagement threatens UK's £3.5bn plan to become tech ‘superpower’
Trade unionists and freelance service providers call out the government on the mismanagement of IR35, its stifling impact on tech companies and the...
Cost of Living
How to calculate your personal inflation rate
The Financial Times has published a free personal inflation rate tool so that you can calculate how much your monthly spending has gone up over the...
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Majority of people are looking for new work because their pay is not keeping pace with inflation
With the vast majority of pay increases not keeping pace with inflation, two-thirds of workers are searching for a new job Less than one in f...
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Female freelancers are better off pitching with a business name rather than their own finds new study
Female freelancers' career paths are judged differently than those of male freelancers even when they are similar, finds study A Harvard Business R...
Tech
Laid-off Amazon and Microsoft employees insulted by tech recruiter insensitivity
Reports are coming out of the US that recently laid-off Amazon and Microsoft employees are being offered contracting jobs for their previous roles ...
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Majority of people made redundant no longer trust full-time work
Over half (57%) of UK workers laid off since December 2022, are now exploring alternatives to full-time work as they lose faith in salaried work, f...
Education & EdTech
Childminders in the UK must get rates aligned to survive
Childminding can be a rewarding career. However, self-employed childminders across the UK could be short-changing themselves and their own families...