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Recession incoming: AI & war’s deadly economic mix
The Freelance Informer analyses the gathering storm of geopolitical tensions, bloated AI budgets and mass layoffs and the impact these developments are already having on freelancers and contractors
The once reassuring hum of global…
Can we survive the Great British Booze Tax of 2025?
Trading financial security for a slightly less miserable hangover in 2025 and where to get "free" booze
OPINION
It’s March 2025, and I’ll bet my last bottle of cost-sensitive Spanish Verdejo that someone, somewhere, is trying to jam…
IR35: HMRC “downplayed” impact of off-payroll working rules reform on contractors
SPECIAL REPORT
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has released a report outlining the government's assessment of the impact of the IR35 reforms on private sector contractors. However, several sources representing contractors contest the…
The moral dilemma: freelancers seeking work at Meta amid recent controversial “low…
SPECIAL REPORT
Meta, the tech giant with a $1.86 trillion market cap behind platform brands including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has served a wave of layoffs that has rattled the nerves of tech talent the world over.
These…
World War III has already started, say analysts. Can freelancers be the ones to stop it?
OPINION
World War III is already here according to many analysts, and it's being fought in the shadows with disinformation, cyberattacks, and proxy wars. Specialists and everyday freelancers could be the peacekeepers the world…
Chaplin: Mel Stride, the “architect of IR35” is “wrong person to rebuild trust in…
OPINION
This article has been updated with additional commentary
On LBC with Nick Ferrari this week, Mel Stride, the "architect" of IR35" and candidate for Tory Leader, admitted that the legislation isn't working properly and needs…
Betting on broken promises: a freelancer’s guide to political punts down the bookies
OPINION
We take a tongue-in-cheek look at the pros and cons of political betting and if freelancers could have an upper hand down the bookies
Jon Connell, the founder of The Week and contributor to The Knowledge’s newsletter, touches…
Will the self-employed ever get a straight answer under a Labour government?
Self-employed must prep for a Labour win and what comes with that: Sir Keir Starmer’s courtroom tactics
With Keir Starmer the most likely candidate to be our next Prime Minister, we must all prepare for his courtroom training. They…
Dwindling self-employment: is it killing our economy?
Self-employed individuals are vital to any community and economy. Collectively, they are a tax-generating powerhouse. So, what happens to a nation's economic growth and social programmes when self-employment numbers decrease year-on-year?
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Britain is on the brink of a biscuit crisis. Don’t let it crumble your freelance business
OPINION
For a freelancer, a good day is like a perfectly golden digestive biscuit – light, satisfying, and fuels your hustle. But here in the UK, thanks to the weather's penchant for precipitation, biscuit supplies, and by extension,…