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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…

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’…

If you already work remotely or have the opportunity to over the summer months, then why not consider travelling to an exciting new location? Here are some sites that can help you make that happen. Remote Year To get an idea of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Freelancers will be among those in Spain and Portugal who will see gas and power bills dropped significantly through a new law, as much as €90. But many freelancers in the UK are not holding their breath about a windfall tax on oil and gas…