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MTD: Contractor software devs must update client tools before 16 October
Legacy tax endpoints shut down on 16 October, leaving coders short on time to update client tools
Are you a freelance coder building or maintaining UK accounting software? You have a hard technical deadline coming fast.
HMRC will…
Self-employed and missed your first MTD deadline? HMRC warning letters are coming
Tax officials will contact self-employed workers who missed their quarterly MTD deadline as new online warning banners appear
Sole traders and landlords earning more than £50,000 from their self-employment and property must send their…
Can AI disable its own kill switch?
As artificial intelligence advances at breakneck speed, tech workers are calling for a pause. However, can automated systems actually shut themselves down or is human intervention our only option?
When artificial intelligence leaps…
Freelancers are losing client leads to AI search — here’s how to fix it
AI search for freelancers is changing fast. If your online presence still follows old-style search rules, you're becoming invisible to the businesses that could hire you. Most self-employed people don't know it's happening. Here's how to…
Self-employed pensions: Still don’t have one? We look at the Monzo and Nest partnership to see…
Monzo, the bank, and Nest, the government-backed pension scheme, have joined forces to make saving for retirement effortless for independent workers. While Nest offers automated convenience, sole traders, umbrella contractors, and limited…
The unexpected immigration law changes that could quietly blow your “outside IR35”…
Right to work checks and the Outside IR35 substitution trap
Starting October 2026, the UK government is rolling out strict new "Right to Work" rules with massive fines for businesses. To dodge the paperwork, risk-averse clients might…
Should you ditch your car in 2027? Here’s what the numbers actually say
From January 2027, single bus fares in England are being cut to £2. If you're self-employed and your city already has decent buses and Uber, that's a real deadline to sit down and work out whether your car is costing you money for nothing.…
IR35 repeal unlikely under Healey: Why outcome-based SOWs are now the safest bet for freelancers
Rich Wilson, CEO and co-founder of the tech recruitment platform Gigged.AI, is not changing his tune just because another chancellor has entered Downing Street.
His message to policymakers remains completely unchanged. Yet, he hopes the…
Goodbye, guessing games: Job adverts will have to post salary ranges under new transparency rules
Here we share the background behind the upcoming rules, what the legislation mandates and how it could impact freelancers and contractors across the UK.
The era of guessing games when it comes to published salaries in job listings could…
No rights, no photos: the ongoing freelancer Mutiny at the Wall Street Journal
Tension is growing between The Wall Street Journal and the global photojournalism community over the publication's new contract wording regarding image rights and future unrestrained sublicensing
Roughly 650 freelance photographers have…