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Tap launches crypto trading platform and debit card for freelancers
FREELANCER TURNED FOUNDER STORY
A fintech platform called Tap Global has launched a new product for freelancers to make passive income with crypto trading with the added convenience of a crypto banking card for everyday purchases and…
How to use cashback apps to pay your utility bills
If things are financially tight now, wait until we have to turn the heating on this winter when power and heating bills will be at their highest. That is why signing up for cashback apps now rather than later could help you build up a bit…
A debt trap awaits for higher-earning freelancers
Higher-earning freelancers may not be as financially secure as first thought
Higher earners are more likely to have borrowed more (and a higher percentage of their income) than those on lower incomes.They are more than twice as likely…
New gender pay gap study shows how many more days a woman must work to earn as much as a man
A new study reveals just how much men are earning more than women and why the gender pay gap still exists in 2022.
In 2020, women earned 84% of what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly earnings of…
BT and others under investigation for suspected freelancer rate collusion
The CMA is investigating suspected breaches of competition law in relation to the purchase of freelance services in the production and broadcasting of sports content in the UK.
If you have been freelancing in a particular sector or…
Solo self-employed numbers nosedive says report
Government report reveals there were large falls in the number of solo self-employed in the most highly skilled occupations over the past two years. But sadly, the government report did not remark on the findings being worrying.
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IPSE Pens Wish List To New Chancellor Zahawi, but will Sunak or other candidates ruin any chances…
Following the appointment of Nadhim Zahawi as Chancellor, IPSE is hoping a fresh face at the Treasury could mean the opportunity to request a more pro-freelancer and pro-business approach to build back the economy during the Cost of Living…
Cross border embryo adoption: an option British fertility patients didn’t even know they had?
The Institut Marquès reports on how "surplus" embryos from different European clinics can be donated to other families. More than 2,000 babies have already been born through this initiative. The greater awareness of cross-border embryo…
Chaplin on PM resignation: UK economy’s greatest asset is its highly skilled freelance…
OPINION
By Dave Chaplin, CEO, IR35 Shield
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s resignation, Dave Chaplin, CEO of tax compliance firm IR35 Shield offers his thoughts on how the freelance economy in Britain has been impacted since the…
On the brink of abuse: contractors could lose as much as £900 if FCA and DWP do not clamp down on…
Pension transfer delays are costing Brits considrable amounts of money just when they need it most. While some delays are normal, some are questionable and on the brink of abuse. That is why Pension Bee has reported pension providers to…