Lorraine Kelly has successfully defeated HMRC at an IR35 tax tribunal. The ITV breakfast show presenter, who works through her limited company, Albatel Ltd, appealed …
Self-employed people working in the creative industries are owed a staggering £1.1bn in late invoices, a new study has revealed. 48 per cent of invoices …
More women are turning to self-employment than ever before, data from the Office of National Statistics reveals.
Nearly two-thirds of contractors are not saving for later life, according to a new study by Nixon Williams. The research, which surveyed 1,000 independent professionals, …
The test that matches your personality with the type of employment that best suits you.
Nearly half (40%) of small businesses have not taken any steps over cyber-security in the past 12 months, a new report has revealed. Research by …
Hundreds of thousands of self-employed mothers could be missing out on their £145-a-week maternity allowance, it has emerged. Self-employed mums could be entitled up to …
Self-employed people risk being fined for paying their taxes late because of a technical glitch in HMRC’s systems, accountants have warned. Accountants at Blick Rothernberg …
Nearly a third freelancers have traveled to the EU for work in the last year. With uncertainty over a deal, the government must protect the self-employed.
Bosses at courier firm, Yodel, used their own self-employed drivers to deliver letters to them to terminate their contracts.
After pulling her Brexit deal away from MPs before Christmas for fear they would tear it apart, Theresa May bowed to the inevitable this month.
Small business commissioner, Paul Uppal, to introduce a new traffic light system to clamp down on late payment – the ‘scourge of self-employment’.
Ride hailing giant Uber has lost its latest appeal against the employment tribunal, ruling that its drivers should technically be classed as workers. The ruling …
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced an initiative to get more self-employed people saving for later life. The new programme partners with …
Liz Kershaw, a self-employed presenter on BBC Radio 6, who is part of the BBC Presenters Group. The group have been taking on the BBC over its handling of the changes to IR35.
Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One, speaks to Christina McLean on why staying small is the next big thing, and how to know when enough is enough.
The government should look to self-employment to solve the NHS staffing crisis, according to a new report by IPSE (The Association of Independent Professionals and …
Twice as many of the 4.8 million self-employed people in the UK work rurally – Charlotte Beevor explains why.
BBC presenter Christa Ackroyd is to appeal a court decision that ruled in favour of HMRC in a significant employment tribunal ruling.
The government has backed down on a pledge to abolish class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) in a decision that represents a fundamental breach of faith with the self-employed sector.
