2022

HMRC estimates that the 2021 IR35 reforms to the private sector will or already have affected around 180,000 personal service contractors, compared to the estimated 50,000 contractors already affected by the 2017 public sector reforms.…

By Shona Chambers, Marketing Consultant, Shona Chambers Marketing Career breaks that start out short term can end up lasting much longer, for all kinds of reasons. Maybe you’ve been busy raising a family, been made redundant or come…

Gordon Berger, a digital artist and "NFT and Crypto Art Movement pioneer", is giving a 5-day intensive course through auction house Christie's to provide a complete overview of the NFT landscape. Berger minted three of the first 100 tokens…

HMRC has published its report, ‘Long-term effects of the Off-Payroll working rules reform for public sector organisations’, but some IR35 and contractor industry experts suggest the report appears self-serving and one-sided. The…

SPECIAL REPORT Builders had the highest annual turnover among self-employed UK tradespeople in 2021, according to new research. However, not all is rosy for the sector.   According to the ONS, self-employed men in construction are…

Hayden Brown, the CEO of freelancer job platform Upwork, was in need of some food inspiration to spice up yet another "covid-induced-at-home-date-night" when a new cookbook from a community of Upwork freelancers came her way. The recipes…

During his six-year engagement with Pimlico Plumbers, Gary Smith, was never given any right to paid annual holidays, according to Michael Ford, QC at Old Square Chambers. But the heating engineer has seen a change of fate with the Court of…

Talking about money when you are on one of those loved-up first dates is like ripping off a plaster on a healing wound. The damage may leave a scar on your blooming relationship. But when you avoid the subject of money early on in dating…

The Chancellor and Prime Minister have confirmed that the National Insurance rise will go ahead this April – a move that freelancers, contractors and their fellow small business owners know will hit them hard in the midst of a cost of…