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The Freelance Informer (FI) hands over this week’s Freelancer Tales section to Alex Cooper, YunoJuno Creative Freelancer of the Year 2021. Alex reveals his personal journey into the freelance economy and provides tips he has learned along…

OPINION By Dave Chaplin, CEO, IR35 Shield Commenting on the Prime Minister’s resignation, Dave Chaplin, CEO of tax compliance firm IR35 Shield offers his thoughts on how the freelance economy in Britain has been impacted since the…

By Graham Webber, WTT Following a recent article that The Freelance Informer published on the Exchequer umbrella case v. HMRC, readers wanted more clarity on the difference between different types of contracts and the role of expenses,…

The Cost of Living Crisis is hitting freelancers hard. Tony Clark of St. James's Place outlines some tips on how they can best protect their income in tough times By Tony Clark, Senior Proposition Manager, St James’s Place…

Don't retire. Go freelance. This societal mindset could radically improve the world's workplace talent pool and financial viability going into full retirement, argues data scientist Erik Stettler Our work is a big part of our…

It is unclear how serious the government is in its proposals to change the law around strikes and agency workers – or how interested major staffing companies would be in getting involved in what would be highly controversial supplies.…

By Tony Clark, Senior Proposition Manager, St James’s Place (www.sjp.co.uk) What's covered in this article: What can freelancers do to avoid having many small pension pots?What are the different types of SIPPs or pension funds that a…

The following is an excerpt of an account published by Memorial Sloan Ketting Cancer Center regarding how rectal cancer disappeared in some 14 people following experimental use of immunotherapy. Given there has been a disturbing rise in…

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…

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…