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Who’s hiring? AI materials discovery industry to spark hiring frenzy for on-demand talent
Discover how AI-powered materials discovery is a booming sector that urgently needs freelancers, contractors and interim managers to scale.
AI is accelerating the creation of new materials we thought would take years to formulate.…
90+ days payment terms now “illegal” in the UK
UK government caps commercial payment terms at 60 days for small suppliers and enforces tight deadlines on "fake" payment disputes. Learn how freelancers can claim statutory interest and enforce mandatory 30-day defaults on late invoices
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Rural Britain is becoming one of the most entrepreneurial places to live
Rural gigabit broadband turns Yorkshire and Lincolnshire villages into new business hotspots
In some Yorkshire and Lincolnshire villages, as many as 1 in 7 workers is now self-employed. That is a far higher rate than in nearby cities…
Making Tax Digital and HMRC’s Timely Payment plan are not the same thing — here’s the…
Two HMRC reforms are reshaping tax for the self-employed at the same time, and it’s easy for sole traders to mix them up. Here we break them down
If you're self-employed and feel like HMRC has announced one too many tax overhauls…
Nearly 1 in 4 sole traders are ready to quit — and HMRC’s next tax change hasn’t even…
A little-noticed HMRC consultation that closed this week could rewrite how millions of self-employed people in the UK pay tax, moving bills closer to payday from 2029. Bectu, the media and entertainment union, says the plan ignores how…
