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Freelancing is the ideal soft landing for retirement
Don't retire. Go freelance. This societal mindset could radically improve the world's workplace talent pool and financial viability going into full retirement, argues data scientist Erik Stettler
Our work is a big part of our…
The political party most likely to win the hearts of voters if the general election was held…
OPINION
From the 88 constituencies which the Conservatives either (a) won from Labour in 2019, or (b) currently hold with a majority of less than 15pts over Labour, YouGov's modelling predicts that just three would remain in…
Partygate: did its ramifications influence revisions to the Ministerial Code?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written to Lord Geidt this week, the Conservative Party’s ethics adviser and former Private Secretary to the Sovereign, in response to the latest annual report from the Independent Adviser on Ministers’…
A world without freelancers is a world without free thinkers
If IR35 was a tax mechanism used in centuries past, I dare say the CEST "tool" we are presented with today, would have been a befuddling series of questions presented by the tax collector to unsuspecting freelancers.
Freelancers, much…
How is HMRC’s “Don’t’ Get Caught Out” campaign “helping” contractors?
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.Nelson Mandela
Many of you may recall that back in April HMRC named and shamed tax avoidance schemes used by umbrella companies for the first time. There was even a video (see…
Could the political party that gives a damn about freelancers and their contribution to the economy…
OPINION
When a nation’s employment options and freelancer freedoms are taken away from them, everyone suffers, including The Treasury and oddly enough, Countdown viewers. Katherine Steiner-Dicks highlights concerns over growing…
The Bulb Bailout: is it morally justifiable right now?
As state bailouts go, the failed gas and electricity provider Bulb Energy is the largest since the £45.4bn Royal Bank of Scotland bailout of 2008. But something about this latest bailout is making many freelancers and small business owners…
Freelancers: the “real life” Teachers that schools need
Many schools and colleges would like to increase their financial and career education efforts but they are hindered by a busy timetable, curriculum and a lack of skills and knowledge. That's according to the Money and Pension Service's…
No cushion for impact: how the Chancellor’s budget outlook ignored the imminent cost of living…
OPINION
The Autumn Budget could be seen as no news is good news for the UK's 4.3 million freelancers and self-employed businesses. Thing is, the Chancellor and the Tory government had already delivered a series of bad news in the…
Autumn Budget: Will Rishi come through for Freelancers?
AUTUMN BUDGET SPECIAL
Freelancers and small business owners around the UK share what they'd like to see Rishi Sunak announce in the Autumn Budget.
The Autumn Budget wishlist of freelancers and small business owners includes a range…