Lifestyle
Don't believe the stereotype: dog breed myths debunked
If you have a canine office buddy ( or are considering adopting one) you may be surprised by a new study that challenges dog breed reputations Any ...
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Self-employed mortgages and financial products
Mortgage affordability checks to be scrapped
Is the Bank of England’s axing of mortgage affordability ‘utter madness’? Following a consultation, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committe...
Cost of Living
Financial expert reveals how freelancers can maximise income
The Cost of Living Crisis is hitting freelancers hard. Tony Clark of St. James's Place outlines some tips on how they can best protect their income...
Opinion
Freelancing is the ideal soft landing for retirement
Don't retire. Go freelance. This societal mindset could radically improve the world's workplace talent pool and financial viability going into full...
HMRC
Exchequer v. HMRC: will it mean more bills for contractors?
This article has been updated Judges have ruled that umbrella provider Exchequer Solutions owes HMRC £11m in unpaid tax, but will contractors end u...
Loan Charge
New call for adviser evidence: HMRC and Treasury continue to "seek to ignore and deny" loan charge reality on people and their families says APPG
APPG launches call for evidence from advisers following harrowing evidence supplied by individuals The 248-mmber strong Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fa...
Who's Hiring?
UK staff cuts to spike freelancer demand says Fiverr
Two new surveys published today, National Freelancers Day, reveal some telling freelancer hiring and talent trends and why we can expect to see fre...
News
Call for agency staff to break strikes - will contractors and recruiters take the risk?
It is unclear how serious the government is in its proposals to change the law around strikes and agency workers – or how interested major staffing...
IR35
IR35: Move abroad and you'll get preferential treatment from UK clients, says contractor
READER LETTERS I have been following your newsletter and meaning to get in touch for a while. I am one of the many small business operators in the ...
News
Fiverr launches new platform called Togetherr™
Getting access to $50K+ advertising campaigns as a freelancer could be career-changingThe new company’s proprietary technology, the Creative Genome...
Contractors
Pension Woes: what umbrella company contractors must look out for
By Tony Clark, Senior Proposition Manager, St James’s Place (www.sjp.co.uk) What's covered in this article: What can freelancers do to avoid having...
IR35
The IR35 F-up: how do we explain it to our kids?
If the UK remains inhospitable territory for freelancers then we can probably expect younger generations to have delayed career trajectories. OPINI...
Lifestyle
Report: colour impacts how people treat you
Colour has an impact on how people treat and react to you. Whether it be the colours of your car, clothes, the colour of your hair or the colours o...
News
Modern-day "serfdom"? Brits spend over 40% of the year working for the taxman. Umbrella contractors - even more
Taxpayers worked 159 days for HMRC this year. The 8th of June is the first day they start working for themselves. But with umbrella company contrac...
Umbrella Companies
HMRC names and shames tax avoidance umbrella scheme, yet contractors left to pick up the pieces
The HMRC may be urging customers to leave another tax avoidance scheme promoted by an umbrella company, but there's no talk yet of making the Londo...