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Advertising agencies boost freelance hiring by 40%
UK freelancers are in high demand as ad agencies embrace a flexible workforce. M&A between media and tech could also spur more demand for 2024
New data from Worksome, the freelance job platform, has revealed a significant surge in…
Cyberattack Exposes Freelancer Personal Data
Freelance journalists who have worked with The New York Times are being warned of a potential data breach following a cyberattack on the newspaper's GitHub repositories, according to a TechRadar report. How did it happen and what can we…
FTC: Adobe “trapped” people into paying for subscription plans
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accused software giant Adobe of deceiving consumers by hiding fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions, a practice that has significant implications for freelancers who rely on Adobe's…
Caught slacking at Wells Fargo: a cautionary tale for freelancers who actually need to produce to…
In a move that has freelancers everywhere rolling their eyes and muttering, "Try that on a per-project basis, mate." Wells Fargo has reportedly fired a group of employees for "simulating" keyboard activity to give the impression they were…
Discover Spain’s new wine movement on holiday and at home
Forget everything you thought you knew about Spanish wine. This guide reveals the country's hidden wine gems, from innovative winemakers to must-visit wineries. Expert recommendations included.
Spain's wine scene is exploding with…
Self-employed: “forgotten and punished” by Tories now “ignored” by Labour…
Self-employed little more than ‘footnote’ in Labour manifesto, says insurer to the self-employed marketplace
Labour's manifesto promises a business-friendly approach but contains little for the UK’s 4.2m self-employed. That was a…
Farage’s return heats up competition for Conservatives
We look at the latest news related to Reform UK’s growing popularity with voters as the party goes neck and neck with the Conservatives in the YouGov polls. Plus we look at what Reform UK business policies could mean for freelancers and…
Lib Dems may have sealed 4.2 million votes overnight
The Liberal Democrats Manifesto released this week pledges to end retrospective tax changes such as the loan charge brought in by the Conservatives and review the Government’s off-payroll working IR35 reforms to ensure self-employed people…
Child benefit tax breaks could be boon for Mums
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), families with children have been disproportionately impacted by benefit cuts since 2010. Reductions to tax credits and the introduction of the 'two-child limit' in Universal Credit have…
Pension death tax reforms could crush families of freelancers and small business owners
Public affairs financial experts are expressing concerns that a Labour government may introduce changes to pension taxation that could significantly impact freelancers, solo self-employed individuals, contractors and directors of limited…