November 2022

Workforce specialists offer their predictions and wish lists for the upcoming Autumn Statement and how freelancers, contractors, temps and side hustlers might want to prepare for any bad news. Dividend tax hike would be “short-sighted…

OPINION Many of UK’s 1.6m temps are estimated to be missing out on thousands every year individually. What can they do about it? Julia Kermode of IWORK offers some tips. Amid a 40-year inflation high, soaring energy bills and…

While the British may not like to admit it, what happens in the US jobs market and Central Bank policy has a tendency to influence decision-making over in Old Blighty. That's why it doesn't hurt for freelancers and career shifters to keep…

One of the advantages of being self-employed is that you can pitch for extra work when money is tight. But what happens when you can't work because of ill health, a spree of clients cutting back on work or personal circumstances? One of…

By Amplo Mortgages and Financial Solutions The last 12 months have seen significant changes in the mortgage market. Anyone considering applying for a mortgage will have found this time especially daunting, especially if navigating…

A new mobile app called Groove is connecting freelancers for on-demand social focus sessions Starting a Groove Up to four workers around the world can participate in 50-minute on-demand focus sessions with short video calls at the…

OPINION Will PM Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt use the Autumn Statement to prove that they can relate to citizens by doing them justice by cracking down on Tory party misspending? Or will they go for uncreative tax grabs aimed…

The Julie & Julia food blogger turned author and movie sensation, Julie Powell, has died at her home in New York at the age of 49. Powell, who died of a cardiac arrest, is survived by her husband, brother and parents, according to news…

Six in ten risk pension benefits going to the wrong person, finds HL report Only 38% of people said they had kept expression of wish forms for all their pensions up to date.Over a quarter (26%) said they hadn’t, 13% were unsure.A…

The Freelance Informer asks Contractor Voice's Jacob Bellas about the latest report of alleged umbrella company payslip skimming. What has his audit and investigation revealed? Contractor Voice, an advocacy news and campaign site for…