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TAX CLINIC By Graham Webber Director of Tax at WTT Consultancy There are no reasons why any individual, including a spouse, cannot be a director of a company provided that they are not barred from holding such a post. But…

By Tom Simcock, University of Huddersfield via The Conversation A lack of affordable housing and growing demand for rental properties has sent the rental market into a state of crisis, and young people are particularly affected. New…

By Fuschia Sirois, Durham University Fuschia Sirois Do you ever beat yourself up for procrastinating? You might be composing that message to a friend who you have to let down, or writing a big report for school or work, and doing…

Vyacheslav Demchuk, Ukraine entrepreneur and CEO of anti-money laundering service AMLBot and the first crypto wallet with AML (anti-money laundering) module AMLSafe, reflects on the steady growth of the freelance workforce and how crypto…

Q: I've seen a freelance/contractor role that I really want to go for but know that I must raise my rate to be in line with inflation. What guidance or tips do you have as a recruiter on how to pitch a higher rate for a role? What have…

TAX CLINIC/READER QUESTION What would trigger an HMRC investigation? Is it different for a limited company freelancer versus an umbrella company worker? And if your umbrella company or payroll service has been named by HMRC as a tax…

THE FREELANCER'S COUCH Seb Maley, Qdos CEO, offers some guidance to this reader's question, which tackles the very topical subject of how freelancers can arrange for their replacement when they take a much-deserved holiday Seb…

Osborne Clarke’s Workforce Solutions team explains the wider impacts on the UK workforce and those that serve it following the Supreme Court decision in Harpur Trust v Brazel  'Part-year workers' will be entitled to 5.6 weeks paid…

By Gary Prince, Chief Strategy Officer at SimplyPayMe Gary Prince pf SimplyPayMe Earlier in the year, a report by the Federation of Small Businesses found that 440,000 small firms in the UK suffered from the late payment ‘crisis’ and…

THE FREELANCER'S COUCH Q: I am a freelancer that gets work from word of mouth and recommendations, so I haven't used an agency before. I sometimes see exciting roles through agency adverts on LinkedIn and other job sites. Still, I…