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Impressive last-minute Jubilee Party dishes
Most freelancers are juggling projects and family demands as usual so when they are asked to bring something to a Jubilee Party dishes for all the neighbours to witness, they may start to fret.
For those last-minute attempts to impress…
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…
Surprising freelancer trends revealed in new report
Freelance workers on the whole are working more hours than their salaried counterparts, a new survey has revealed. What else has the survey found?
Those in freelance roles appear to be working longer hours, with 46% working 41+ hours…
Inflation: there’s a vital way to reduce it that everyone overlooks – raise productivity
By David McMillan, University of Stirling
Inflation has become one of the great issues of our times. The UK’s is the highest in the G7, weighing in at 9% a year according to the most recent figures on consumer price inflation.
When…
Inflation-beating survival tips for solo entrepreneurs
The solo entrepreneur boom of the COVID-19 pandemic bucked the typical pattern of company creation during other economic times of crisis, according to new research by the Bank of England (BoE). But there are signs this boom could be…
Energy Profits Levy: how much money will you get?
The vast majority of households will receive £550Pensioners will receive £850Almost all of the eight million most vulnerable households in the country will, in total, receive support of at least £1,200Ofgem expects the energy price cap to…
IR35 could blockade new government taskforce to support female start-ups
The British government is launching a taskforce to support women entrepreneurs, tackle investing barriers, and increase the number of women-led fast-growing businesses outside the capital. But with many women starting out as solo-person…
Bald jokes banned in the workplace
Calling someone bald is unlawful harassment, reports Osborne Clarke
Courtesy of Osborne Clarke's Employment Law Coffee Break
An employment tribunal has ruled that an electrician called a "bald ***t" during heated arguments…
IR35: Contractors lose their independence, now careers finds new report
Twelve months on Contractors are still considering leaving their profession due to IR35, according to a new survey. The news comes at a time that experts call for a boycott of the Future of Work Review as they predict it could stifle…