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Top ten worst late payers in the UK
New IPSE research finds that late payments have worsened despite recent government reforms, alluding that not enough is being done to crack down on...
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Steps freelancers can take to get paid on time
By Gary Prince, Chief Strategy Officer at SimplyPayMe Gary Prince pf SimplyPayMe Earlier in the year, a report by the Federation of Small Businesse...
The Freelancers' Couch
Is it worth using a recruitment agency if you want to stay self-employed and outside IR35?
THE FREELANCER'S COUCH Q: I am a freelancer that gets work from word of mouth and recommendations, so I haven't used an agency before. I sometimes ...
Freelancer Finance
Tap launches crypto trading platform and debit card for freelancers
FREELANCER TURNED FOUNDER STORY A fintech platform called Tap Global has launched a new product for freelancers to make passive income with crypto ...
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How to use cashback apps to pay your utility bills
If things are financially tight now, wait until we have to turn the heating on this winter when power and heating bills will be at their highest. T...
Freelancer Finance
A debt trap awaits for higher-earning freelancers
Higher-earning freelancers may not be as financially secure as first thought Higher earners are more likely to have borrowed more (and a higher per...
Career tips
Delegation: how to delegate like a pro to earn more money and achieve work-life balance
A Caunce O’Hara survey of 200 reveals exactly how freelancers are managing their time and how they could better develop the essential business buil...
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New gender pay gap study shows how many more days a woman must work to earn as much as a man
A new study reveals just how much men are earning more than women and why the gender pay gap still exists in 2022. In 2020, women earned 84% of wha...
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BT and others under investigation for suspected freelancer rate collusion
The CMA is investigating suspected breaches of competition law in relation to the purchase of freelance services in the production and broadcasting...
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Solo self-employed numbers nosedive says report
Government report reveals there were large falls in the number of solo self-employed in the most highly skilled occupations over the past two years...
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IPSE Pens Wish List To New Chancellor Zahawi, but will Sunak or other candidates ruin any chances for change?
Following the appointment of Nadhim Zahawi as Chancellor, IPSE is hoping a fresh face at the Treasury could mean the opportunity to request a more ...
Lifestyle
Flight risk: here's how much you could save by driving to your summer holiday abroad instead of flying
Disastrous airline cancellations and disruption at airports across the country are putting hundreds of thousands of holidays at risk this summer. I...
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Cross border embryo adoption: an option British fertility patients didn't even know they had?
The Institut Marquès reports on how "surplus" embryos from different European clinics can be donated to other families. More than 2,000 babies have...
Freelancer Lifestyle & Tales
Know Your Worth as a Creative Freelancer
The Freelance Informer (FI) hands over this week’s Freelancer Tales section to Alex Cooper, YunoJuno Creative Freelancer of the Year 2021. Alex rev...
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Chaplin on PM resignation: UK economy's greatest asset is its highly skilled freelance workforce, but Tory party has been anti-business for far too long
OPINION By Dave Chaplin, CEO, IR35 Shield Commenting on the Prime Minister’s resignation, Dave Chaplin, CEO of tax compliance firm IR35 Shield offe...