self-employed

Self-Employed Workers Face Steep Penalties as Crucial Tax Deadline Looms Millions of self-employed individuals face a rapidly approaching tax deadline that could result in significant financial penalties if missed, warns tax insurance…

Labour's new legislative agenda promises enhanced rights and flexibility for workers. However, a lack of engagement with self-employment experts, advisers and freelancers before decisions are made could lead to financial ruin for the…

Self-employed must prep for a Labour win and what comes with that: Sir Keir Starmer’s courtroom tactics With Keir Starmer the most likely candidate to be our next Prime Minister, we must all prepare for his courtroom training. They…

Self-employed workers ‘politically homeless’, as 6 in 10 do not have faith in any party Nearly two in three self-employed people do not believe any of the main political parties represent their best interests, according to new research.…

Nearly half of self-employed workers and small business owners are losing confidence in HMRC, according to data published by the tax office. But they are doing some things right, according to small business owners. Small Businesses’…

The Office for Budget Responsibility projects the UK's state pension and pensioner benefit spending will rise from 5.6% to 9.6% of national income by the early 2070s; this increase is equivalent to £100 billion a year in today’s terms. The…

Freelancers’ financial situations have been seriously impacted by an increase in late payments during the pandemic with one million UK freelancers being pushed into debt since the pandemic hit, according to a report by IPSE (the…

Conditions for economic growth, are 'not a mystery', says the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak. But if current policies continue and the Chancellor goes into austerity mode, ignores the…

Anil Stocker, CEO at MarketFinance, likens the current late-payments plight of UK SMEs as a “three-pronged assault” on SME finances.