October 2020

Dementia and Alzheimer sufferers could be handed a rare gift in advance of the holidays this year if they were given the opportunity to take part in a series of music therapy sessions with a freelance or agency contracted music therapist.…

Adaptive, a specialist software company that designs, builds and operates bespoke, real-time, front-to-back solutions for tier-one investment banks and commodity trading firms (see client stories), is looking or a highly skilled business…

High street gaming specialist Geek Retreat has announced plans to create 600 new retail jobs in the UK, according to Employment for Students. The company, which sells board games, toys and comics, says it will open 100 new stores…

Tax rises on the self-employed would be the wrong option as the economy recovers from the coronavirus crisis, Derek Cribb, Interim CEO at IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) told the Treasury Select…

Adriano "Adri" Herdman, co-founder of freelance talent consultancy, We are Move ('Move'), and recently launched tech job platform, Just Startup Jobs, talks to The Freelance Informer on why looking for a job in 2020 "still sucks," how his…

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today (22 October) that businesses affected by restrictions across the UK, will be given extra help to keep staff on with additional support through the Job Support Scheme including a drop in employer…

"BANKSY ‘Show me the Monet’ just sold in Sotheby’s London auction Tuesday night for UK£7,551,600 including commission! (£6.4 million hammer price)," according to James Nicolls, Chairman, Maddox Gallery Group (London, Los Angeles &…

The second phase of a fund to support creative freelancers living and working in Wales affected by Covid-19 was launched this week. The Freelance Informer outlines everything you need to know to apply. Individuals can apply for a £2,500…

Wisdom comes with age and experience, goes the adage, so remuneration should be commensurate. That is not the case for the global IT worker, according to data that shows that salaries of IT candidates over the age of 45 become “stagnant…