The Freelance Informer

Most freelancers and small business owners are dedicating their marketing time to social media. But they could be losing out to some new business closer to home When Michael Wooton talks about his daily bread, he’s being literal. He…

What if £2,000 of your annual profit is quietly leaking out through subscriptions you've forgotten about? Bank fees you've stopped noticing? For most UK freelancers running a lean cost-saving audit, that number isn't far-fetched. The…

Freelance quiet periods feel random, but they rarely are. They're what happens when marketing gets sacrificed for client deadlines, month after month It's tempting to blame the market. But most freelance quiet periods trace back to one…

When traditional freelance markets dry up, survival means moving where the capital flows. Here is how to audit your transferable skills and break into high-paying B2B sectors without starting from the bottom The UK freelance market is…

Senior roles inside a Limited Liability Partnership may no longer protect your self-employed tax status. A landmark Supreme Court ruling for BlueCrest could change everything for freelance partners, contractors and asset managers Do you…

An escalating movement sees freelancers trading day-rate data via private groups and updating rules to dominate fee negotiations. Is this the end of industry-wide rate monopolies? Corporate procurement teams long held the upper hand…

HMRC wants self-employed people to pay their tax more regularly, not just twice a year. A new consultation asks how this should work. Here's what it means for you and how to respond before the deadline If you're self-employed, the way…

Ever wondered why you stopped pursuing the job you wanted as a kid? Here's the science behind it, and how to make work and downtime feel fun again Somewhere between the school run and the mortgage, most of us swapped the thing we loved…

By the time a freelance, fractional or consulting role appears on LinkedIn or another job platform, you're competing with hundreds of others and the budget's already been squeezed. The freelancers landing the best work aren't applying for…

Discover how zero-code platforms allow everyday freelancers just like you to build, launch, and monetise apps using AI. Sounds too technical? Just hear us out As a freelancer, your income, if based on an hourly rate, is strictly capped…