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Non-judgmental text messaging campaign helps thousands of teens quit vaping
Marketing, content creators and others in the creative industries looking to motivate teens and young adults through targeted campaigns, should do so in a non-judgmental and supportive way, new research has found. One campaign has managed…
Same-day grocery delivery – a market opp for freelancers, contractors and recruiters
The technology and customer service experience behind grocery delivery businesses and apps could spur job opportunities for freelancers, contractors and agency workers in the UK.
One player, in particular, goPuff, a US-based…
Do you want a future in Reality TV? This New skills fund could help
Screenskills has launched a new Unscripted TV Skills Fund to address skills gaps and shortages in the UK, Bectu has reported. The Fund will invest matched contributions from broadcasters and productions to address skills shortages,…
Glastonbury Festival and other venues and events receive £400m in grants
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced that over 2,700 organisations have collectively been offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover. The Freelance Informer reports…
How to preserve your reputation when things go wrong as a freelancer
Those freelancers and business owners that have had to make a professional indemnity claim over the course of the pandemic, such as wedding photographer Lucy English* have seen the benefits of cover both to preserving their professional…
YunoJuno hiring to scale up for “freelance revolution”
YunoJuno, a job platform for tech and creative freelancers, is looking to expand its team in almost every area of the company, Runar Reistrup, the company's CEO announced in a LinkedIn post.
"The freelance revolution is happening…
PR and Comms salaries revealed – is it time to negotiate your pay rate and benefits?
Despite movement in salaries for in-house communications teams or agencies remaining stagnant, if you don't know how your pay and benefits package compares to others, you could find that you are seriously underpaid. This is especially the…
FreelanceHER 100: How an accelerator is jump-starting freelance careers for women who lost their…
What's happening?
Over the next 12-weeks, 110 women will be kick-starting their careers as freelancers in the North West of England thanks to a fully-funded Accelerator programme called FreelancerHER 100. The accelerator's mission is to…
UK vaccine Tzar Kate Bingham is unpaid, but her PR bill to taxpayers casts doubts on cost control…
The head of Boris Johnson's vaccine task force, Kate Bingham, who according to her LinkedIn page is Managing Partner of Boston and London-based SV Health Investors, has billed the taxpayer £670,000 for a team of PR consultants from…
Have you grabbed your £800 in Google Ad credits?
The end of the year is near, so don't lose out on Google ad credits!
Search engine giant Google is giving its small-business customers $340m in ad credits, which can be used towards future ad spend, until the end of 2020 across Google’s…