The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) have announced the shortlist for this year’s New to Freelancing award.
British Business Bank will offer up to £1bn in guarantees to banks that lend to small-business builders.
Self-employed people across the UK have breathed a sigh of relief after it was announced the roll-out of Universal Credit has been delayed.
One in seven people in the UK labour market are now self-employed – 35 per cent more than in 2008, according to a new study.
The latest episode of the Brexit saga which likens a Netflix boxset, where even the lead characters – a dysfunctional government – do not know the ending
You hear your name being called. You stand up, make your way to the front of the darkened room, carefully climbing the five steps up …
An engineer who won an employment status claim against Pimlico Plumbers, has lost his bid to £74,000 in holiday pay, a court has ruled. The …
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 …
