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How can freelancers avoid a “jobfish” scandal?
The Madbird design agency scandal unearthed an elaborate “jobfish” scheme that impacted up to 50 remote workers across the globe, placing many in d...
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Are you better off as a contractor or consultant in 2022?
Inside IR35 jobs have made skilled contractors question if they can even afford this method of employment. What’s the point if you are no longer se...
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BT Digital invests £30m in freelancer platform. Which corporate is next to join the trend?
First of its kind contract means BT Digital has a stake in an IT freelancer talent platformThe partnership will see Distributed provide on-demand,&...
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What does JSA's acquisition of 6CATS mean for contractors?
JSA Group, an umbrella company based in Watford, has made yet another acquisition, its eighth deal since 2018. This time it has acquired 6CATS Grou...
Contractors
KPMG To Scale Services With New Hires Despite Internal Challenges
Global business services firm KPMG is to grow its South West team after being integral to the firm’s pre-tax profit of £436m, it has been reported....
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Cost of living set to cancel out freelancer rate rises
TOPIC OF THE WEEK How will freelancers and micro-businesses make ends meet in 2022 in the face of rising food, energy and fuel prices? Should the g...
IR35
How Adrian Chiles Won His £1.7m IR35 Tax Appeal (for Now): the key freelancer takeaways
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED The Freelance Informer reports on the key takeaways of the Presenter Adrian Chiles’ 7-year legal battle with HMRC tha...
Freelancer Finance
This debt collection platform claims it has a foolproof way to get you paid fast
A British entrepreneur who recently launched an automated digital platform to collect business debts believes he has settled the country's oldest i...
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Timerr: UAE launches "Fiverr" style platform for crypto
BLOCKCHAIN AND THE FUTURE OF FREELANCER RECRUITMENT Timerr.Io, a freelancer platform dedicated exclusively to cryptocurrency professionals run out ...
Lifestyle
This one word is killing your charisma, folks
“Most of us, most of the time, aren’t consciously trying to be the centre of attention. But we can fall into this trap subconsciously, focusing on ...
IR35
IR35: can contractors claim back tax offsets?
HMRC estimates that the 2021 IR35 reforms to the private sector will or already have affected around 180,000 personal service contractors, compared...
Recruitment
How to market yourself after a career break
By Shona Chambers, Marketing Consultant, Shona Chambers Marketing Career breaks that start out short term can end up lasting much longer, for all k...
Contractors
Umbrella contractors: do you think your data has been leaked?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK Should umbrella company contractors, worried about recent cyber attacks, request a Protective Registration against their perso...
Tech
Who is Gordon Berger?
Gordon Berger, a digital artist and "NFT and Crypto Art Movement pioneer", is giving a 5-day intensive course through auction house Christie's to p...
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Contractor input excluded from Off-Payroll report
HMRC has published its report, ‘Long-term effects of the Off-Payroll working rules reform for public sector organisations’, but some IR35 and contr...