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How much could a cyber-attack cost a freelancer?

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Dec 14, 2021

Cyber-crime continues to be a major concern for freelancers and small business owners with as many as 51% falling victim to a cyber security breach. How much could one cost you? In a survey that polled 1000 respondents, self-employment…

set up a second-hand business

Staff Reporter Dec 14, 2021

From second hand car parts, furniture, clothes, jewellery, home decor, laptops, mobile phones to white goods find out which second-hand products are in high demand from customers and insurers who see the green benefits. Waste not,…

Intergenerational online gaming: why it’s so important

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Dec 10, 2021

🎄HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES🕯️ With the holiday season upon us, family gatherings could be even more memorable by encouraging multiple generations to play a video game together. Did you just roll your eyes? Haven't touched a video game since the…

Freelancers should build Next-Gen gaming studios

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Dec 10, 2021

OPINION With more than half of the UK population playing online games since the onset of the pandemic, gaming sector users are diversifying on so many levels (age for one). The problem is, those working in the industry are not. With…

Self-employed estate agents prep for change in 2022

Staff Reporter Dec 8, 2021

PROPERTY SPECIAL REPORT Property market specialists share their expectations over what shape the UK property market will take in 2022 now that there’s talk of The Bank of England loosening mortgage criteria. Plus the latest on the…

Australia-UK FTA Signed, boon for freelancers

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Dec 8, 2021

Freelancers, contractors and highly skilled professionals from the UK, including lawyers, will now be able to work in Australia temporarily and Aussie firms will no longer have to prioritise hiring Australian nationals first. The benefits…

IR35: umbrellas are feeding HMRC’s £3.6bn tax grab

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Dec 6, 2021

IR35 expert, Qdos, has responded to the release of HMRC’s evidence put forward to the Finance Bill Sub Committee for their inquiry into IR35 reform in the private sector. Will the HMRC admit what the reform is really doing to British…

Boost your eco cred with this Coldplay-approved gift

Staff Reporter Dec 6, 2021

Climeworks, a pioneering direct air capture company, that includes band Coldplay among its clients, is launching its company gifts for Christmas, enabling freelancers and small businesses to give the gift of carbon dioxide removal to…

IT Contractor recruitment platform “thinks” like tinder

Staff Reporter Dec 5, 2021

OnSkil claims it is shaking things up in IT contractor recruitment by basing its platform’s usability on Tinder, the dating app. The experience of finding a new partner via a dating app is very similar to finding a new job, since they…

Report: demeaning freelancer conditions revealed

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Dec 3, 2021

Writer Jack Thorne ( "Help", “His Dark Materials”) has launched the pressure group Underlying Health Conditions (UHC) alongside “The Silence” star Genevieve Barr, production manager Katie Player (“Churchill) and producer Holly…

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