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Katherine Steiner-Dicks

Katherine Steiner-Dicks is an Editorial Consultant and Founder of BuzzVestor Media, a B2B investment news-analysis and media services company that serves startups, publishers, investors, targeted clients and high-net-worth families on how to to create and sustain amazing content, businesses, wealth and lifestyles.

Cost of living set to cancel out freelancer rate rises

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 17, 2022

TOPIC OF THE WEEK How will freelancers and micro-businesses make ends meet in 2022 in the face of rising food, energy and fuel prices? Should the government step in before it’s too late? The hiring boom is set to continue for 2022,…

How Adrian Chiles Won His £1.7m IR35 Tax Appeal (for Now): the key freelancer takeaways

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 17, 2022

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED The Freelance Informer reports on the key takeaways of the Presenter Adrian Chiles’ 7-year legal battle with HMRC that proves he was truly self-employed; why independent oversight is required for such cases…

Timerr: UAE launches “Fiverr” style platform for crypto

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 14, 2022

BLOCKCHAIN AND THE FUTURE OF FREELANCER RECRUITMENT Timerr.Io, a freelancer platform dedicated exclusively to cryptocurrency professionals run out of UAE's Media City will be onboarding freelancers in a matter of days, it has been…

This one word is killing your charisma, folks

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 12, 2022

“Most of us, most of the time, aren’t consciously trying to be the centre of attention. But we can fall into this trap subconsciously, focusing on ourselves in ways that are anti-charismatic. Humour me for a moment and try this exercise…”…

Umbrella contractors: do you think your data has been leaked?

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 10, 2022

QUESTION OF THE WEEK Should umbrella company contractors, worried about recent cyber attacks, request a Protective Registration against their personal details? And expect a refund of the related expenses to be paid by their umbrella…

Contractor input excluded from Off-Payroll report

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 8, 2022

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…

time to talk: suicide is rife among self-employed construction workers says new data

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 6, 2022

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…

Freelancers from around the world share their recipes

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 2, 2022

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…

Umbrella Companies Could See A Spree Of Class Action suits From Workers Following New Judgment on…

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 2, 2022

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…

In debt and dating? How to approach the money talk

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 1, 2022

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…

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