Browsing Category
News
New data indicates freelancers with clients in these industries could struggle to negotiate a rate…
The UK Industries seeing the smallest increase in wages are an indicator that clients in these sectors could be slow to negotiate a rate rise with freelancers. Is it worth staying or moving on?
Financial & Insurance Activities has…
New PayePass CEO Kermode on stamping out umbrella industry non-compliance: “There really is…
We ask ex-FCSA chief executive, Julia Kermode, about her appointment as the new CEO of umbrella company compliance specialist, PayePass, and how she aims to stamp out non-compliance in the umbrella industry supply chain.
Her appointment…
Government extends £2 bus fare cap until October
Millions of passengers across England will continue to ‘Get Around for £2’ and access vital bus services following £500 million in government funding. But prices will go up in October
The £2 bus fare has been extended until 31 October…
New data finds salary erosion driving people into self-employment and contract work
Inflation is driving permanent hire and salary freezes, which is influencing more people to go into self-employment to gain greater control over their earning power
“While there may be a fall noted in jobs in the UK, the uptick in the…
“Bulldozed by inflation”: retirement in the UK is becoming “impossible”
Freelancers, especially those nearing retirement age, can expect to feel the economic headwinds this summer now that the Bank of England has put up interest rates again to 4.5%. Will we have another rate hike this year? It's no wonder more…
Big developments in Off-Payroll, skimming and rolled-up holiday pay
Over the past week legal and policymaking developments impacting contractors and umbrella company workers have been announced. What do the experts think of the news?
Tax office closes down 18-month IR35 probe marking ‘turning point’…
The 10 risks unmarried couples need to address
You build a life with someone and for one reason or another, you don't get married. Maybe it was due to the COVID lockdown, the cost of a living crisis or you didn't think you needed to go through the legal stuff to share a life together.…
New crypto app claims it can cut currency exchange costs for contractors by 50%
A ban on remote work between many countries due to different currencies and transferring fiat money is a big problem for some contractors. A new app aims to solve that
"Where dollars are not banned or have limited circulation, the total…
Freelancer awarded $300,000 in a lawsuit against Kanye West fashion brand Yeezy
Freelance creative director learned a costly lesson when not signing a contract with fashion brand
Kanye West’s fashion brand Yeezy has been ordered to pay $300,000 to a Brooklyn-based freelance creative director who claimed the fashion…
New King’s Coronation nature reserves and woods to spark nature jobs across the UK
England’s longest national trail to be renamed the ‘King Charles III England Coast Path’
The next two sections of the King Charles III England Coast Path to open will be in Filey, North Yorks and Crosby Beach, Liverpool. Both sections…