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How freelancers can balance retainers and IR35 compliance
For many independent consultants and freelancers, the "retainer" is the ultimate business goal: predictable monthly revenues that end the feast-or-famine cycle of being freelance. However, in complex UK tax law, a retainer can quickly…
2026 Defence Contractor Boom: Who is hiring and why?
A massive $747 billion defence backlog is sparking job opportunities for skilled contractors and freelancers. As aerospace and defence firms face modern threats, the industry is changing its strategy from building slow, massive platforms…
Freelancers escape footing £104m Post Office IR35 bill
Here we provide details and IR35 expert commentary on why, yet again, a public sector body gets off the hook for off-payroll non-compliance and eye-watering large tax bills, when private sector employers and their contractors have…
Temp and freelance work now a “survival strategy” to London’s lack of full-time…
Official reports find Londoners in temporary work have hit record highs, following news that the UK job market is at its lowest in almost a decade.
The London Standard reported the figures fluctuate, but the 269,000 total is close to a…
How to use “fake news detectors” to build a high-income freelance business
We cover which freelancers are best positioned to turn anti-disinformation tools into a premium, recurring service. Find out if you could be one of them
In this special report, we cover the mechanics of this emerging industry:
Tech…
Netherlands: Female freelancers out-earn men in the race for jobs despite recruiter bias for male…
While recruiters are approaching male candidates first, women in the independent workforce are quietly winning the battle for assignments and finally closing the pay gap, finds report
Women are the new power players in freelancing,…
IR35 contributes to UK’s record year for contractor insolvencies
Company insolvencies in the UK reached near-record levels in 2025, with the controversial IR35 and off-payroll working rules emerging as contributing factors to the crisis
Government data has shown monthly company insolvencies have…
Two freelancers just raised £525k to fix every freelancer’s problem
New freelancer jobs platform Shoutt.ai wants to give freelancers back six wasted hours every week. The founders say they know exactly how that feels
Two freelancers have raised £525,000 to solve a problem they know intimately. Years of…
Is the ‘fractional’ economy the only safe harbour after a Big Tech layoff?
Tech titans’ whims of fancy are killing jobs and careers. If you're made redundant, should you retrain, change industries or do something else?
OPINION
The rules of redundancy are changing. Recessions, poor personal performance,…
The solo newsroom: Freelancers must transition to the creator-fication of news to save their…
MEDIA SPECIAL REPORT
Discover why the 2026 Reuters Institute report is a wake-up call for freelancers and how to transition from a journalist to a thriving solo media brand
If, as a journalist, you’ve spent the past few years…