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How much could a cyber-attack cost a freelancer?
Tech

How much could a cyber-attack cost a freelancer?

Cyber-crime continues to be a major concern for freelancers and small business owners with as many as 51% falling victim to a cyber security breach...

Katherine Steiner-Dicks · 14 Dec 2021

set up a second-hand business
Startups

set up a second-hand business

From second hand car parts, furniture, clothes, jewellery, home decor, laptops, mobile phones to white goods find out which second-hand products ar...

The Freelance Informer · 14 Dec 2021

Freelancers should build Next-Gen gaming studios
Tech

Freelancers should build Next-Gen gaming studios

OPINION With more than half of the UK population playing online games since the onset of the pandemic, gaming sector users are diversifying on so m...

Katherine Steiner-Dicks · 10 Dec 2021

Australia-UK FTA Signed, boon for freelancers
Lifestyle

Australia-UK FTA Signed, boon for freelancers

Freelancers, contractors and highly skilled professionals from the UK, including lawyers, will now be able to work in Australia temporarily and Aus...

Katherine Steiner-Dicks · 8 Dec 2021

Report: demeaning freelancer conditions revealed
News

Report: demeaning freelancer conditions revealed

Writer Jack Thorne ( "Help", “His Dark Materials”) has launched the pressure group Underlying Health Conditions (UHC) alongside “The Sile...

Katherine Steiner-Dicks · 3 Dec 2021

blanket bans on PSC contractors exposes UK to risks
Off-Payroll

blanket bans on PSC contractors exposes UK to risks

SPECIAL REPORT UK vulnerable to extreme risks due to government’s “default to secrecy” and lack of experts COVID-19 has exposed the UK’s ...

Katherine Steiner-Dicks · 3 Dec 2021

Sold a property? HMRC on hunt for "missing" CGT
Lifestyle

Sold a property? HMRC on hunt for "missing" CGT

HMRC is sending out a new batch of nudge letters to sellers of residential properties to make sure that they have paid the right amount of capital ...

The Freelance Informer · 30 Nov 2021

Stranded Freelancers caught out by residence test
International Freelance

Stranded Freelancers caught out by residence test

Internationally mobile taxpayers, such as expats, freelancers and company founders are among those that have been affected by pandemic travel restr...

The Freelance Informer · 30 Nov 2021

Salaries on the rise, no signs of WFH pay cuts
Who's Hiring?

Salaries on the rise, no signs of WFH pay cuts

Some 61% of employers are set to give salary increases over the next year, according to a new survey. Now is the time to see how your rate and bene...

The Freelance Informer · 28 Nov 2021