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How can freelancers, sole traders and contractors get a cut of tech elite’s AI productivity gains?
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AI-centric companies are getting richer with fewer people, so what is owed to the contractors who help make that happen? We dig into the thorny reality of flat organisations, profit-sharing and the uncomfortable truth about…
Would a future Chancellor of the Exchequer ever scrap Employer’s National Insurance?
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In a BBC Newsnight interview, former PM Rishi Sunak described tech chief executives telling him "flat is the new up" when it came to employee structures. Sunak suggested in the interview that this was a concerning…
Axing jobs to fund GPUs: Meta job cuts could see surge in low paid ghost workers : will you soon be…
As Meta prepares to axe 8,000 staff to fund a staggering $135 billion AI bet, a new hierarchy is emerging. If the AI revolution continues its trajectory, it isn’t just automating tasks and burning through billions of dollars each month; it…
Britain is handing America its economic future — One redundancy at a time
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British Chambers of Commerce research has found British firms are using AI to cut jobs rather than create them. The US seems to have a different strategy. To make matters worse, British profits…
UK creative freelancers score a pause in AI arms race as OpenAI Freezes Stargate Project
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OpenAI’s UK Stargate project hits a wall as energy costs and copyright concerns stall the 8,000-GPU plan. Discover why this delay is a major win for creative freelancers and a stand for national intellectual property rights
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Microsoft Copilot officially “for entertainment only”—which means you’re on the…
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Microsoft's Copilot is now officially "for entertainment only" — meaning any mistakes it makes in your client work are legally your problem, not Microsoft's
Microsoft has updated its service agreement to categorise…
The umbrella racket: Waterproof until it rains
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By Nick Woodward, Group CEO and Founder - The ETZ Group
Nick Woodward, CEO ETZ Group says transparency is the quickest form of reliable compliance.
Recruitment tech entrepreneur Nick Woodward pulls back the curtain on the…
The human cost of IR35: Why HMRC’s tax strategy could be costing the UK more than it gains
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To build a case for IR35 replacement, we must look at the net economic benefit rather than just the tax yield. While HMRC celebrates success, independent research suggests massive tax leakage elsewhere
A LinkedIn post I…
IR35, Rising Employer NICs and 5.2% Unemployment: Is the UK About to Kill Its Freelance Economy?
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The UK labour market is in trouble and people from all walks of life are scared.
Unemployment has hit a five-year high of 5.2%, wage growth has cooled to 3.4%, and businesses are caught between rising overheads and mounting…
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?
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The rules of redundancy are changing. Recessions, poor personal performance,…