Creative/Editorial/Media
Competition heats up amongst freelancers
☕COFFEE BREAK: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT With almost 35% of the global workforce self-identifying as freelance talent, the freelance economy is boun...
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Business & Finance
Kwarteng's crackdown: directors who dissolve companies to evade debts could be disqualified up to 15 years
The UK Insolvency Service has been granted new powers to tackle unfit directors who dissolve companies to avoid paying their liabilities. But the n...
Lifestyle
Experts reveal 2022 property market predictions
With Nationwide's December House Price Index just out, property experts reveal their 2022 predictions for the UK housing market, includin...
News
What every freelancer must prepare for in 2022
While running your own business as a freelancer you can easily miss news and government policies that could impact your financial well-being. The F...
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Over 70s fastest-growing group of freelancers
New research has revealed that people in their 70s and 80s shifted into self-employment to become freelancers faster than any other age group in th...
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Stories that spoke to freelancers the most
The Freelance Informer re-launched at the height of the COVID pandemic, which was one of the most testing times for PSC contractors, freelancers an...
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HMRC late payment interest rates to increase
HMRC interest rates for late payments will be going up following the Bank of England interest rate rise to 0.25%. The Bank of England Monetary Poli...
Self-Employed Pensions
DWP pilots auto-enrolment plans for self-employed
Two pilots have been announced by the Department for Work and Pensions to test new forms of auto-enrolment pension savings plans that keep the vari...
Tech
IR35 + Automation = disaster for UK's digital skills gap
More than two-thirds (67%) of digital leaders globally are now unable to keep pace with change because of a dearth of the talent they need, accordi...
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aerospace execs indicted in recruitment conspiracy
When an unscrupulous employer or recruitment fraudster gets their comeuppance, it's not just in Hollywood films. At times, it happens in real life....
Education & EdTech
Education agencies prep for high demand as education secretary calls for ex-teachers to return to classrooms
Omicron expected to cause increased staff absence levels in the spring term, with former teachers and supply agencies needed to expand supply staff...
IR35
2022: experts reveal freelance market predictions
Recruitment and IR35 specialists outline their predictions and wishes for freelancers in the new year including: most in-demand freelance servicesr...
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Most side hustlers profiting £1000 or more a month
A boom in side-hustles means side-hustlers are now contributing an estimated £72bn to the UK economy with as many as 25% of adults having a side hu...
Lifestyle
New app maps out your dream home in minutes
The rise in remote and hybrid working means many Britons are spending fewer days commuting to and from the office. Is it time hybrid contractors st...
Off-Payroll
Off-payroll Legislative "side effects" are piling up
The impacts or "side effects" of Off-payroll legislation and private sector IR35 reform on the flexible labour market have been unravelling fast si...