
Freelancer News


Is using my own laptop in-house for ad agencies a basis to charge extra?
A freelancing expert disappoints a designer hoping to add a premium for bringing in his own equipment.
Long VAT-registration delays hit freelancers and their accountants
Between six and several months just to obtain a VAT number from HMRC is condemned as ‘an impediment to running a business.’
Top 10 best-paying freelance creative jobs
Ranging from marketing to software, at £25 an hour and £600 a day, freelance posts are helping creative hirers weather a perfect storm.
Best self-employed to be spotlighted at IPSE Awards 2023. Enter now!
Freelancers have until 5pm Monday to put themselves forward for an accolade (if your client hasn’t entered you already).
Freelancers, here’s a common VAT mistake. Are you making it too?
Set aside 20% of your next invoice, or a sixth of its total, to avoid the common VAT trap most self-employed fall into.
Freelancers alerted to their day-to-day work not matching the contract
Actual arrangements versus contractual arrangements are increasingly being questioned and challenged, says Professional Passport.
Self-employed jobs market for freelance creatives ‘not all doom and gloom’
Despite some approaching it with ‘slight trepidation,’ creative freelancing in the UK is paying out more -- even amid the ‘Great Recalibration.’
Self-employment as a freelancer? It’s on the rise again
If ONS stats are right, and their steely determination is anything to go by, freelancers look like they are on the rebound.
Amazon drivers’ case ‘is no Uber, but may be a catalyst for self-employed’
While its significance is still in doubt, an incoming FTT case against Amazon is billed to be interesting, expensive, and messy.
Why your portfolio could lose or land the next freelance gig you go for
A dated CV or portfolio is the big mistake self-employed creatives too often made in 2023’s first quarter.
Predictable hours legislation: a good deal for gig economy workers, at last
Freelancers are potentially among the ‘workers’ set to benefit from legislative certainty on when they’ll work, and what hours.
Brexit impact on freelancers and UK creative firms, ‘an absolute nightmare’
The lack of provisions in the 2020 deal is as if the government has said, ‘Hey Creatives…Nope.’
Freelancers with accounting periods unaligned to tax years must act
Will you be required to apportion your accounting profits in the tax year in which they arise?
Status experts grumble at Just Eat making couriers self-employed
Hungry to work off its losses, the takeaway-delivery firm’s reclassification is billed as a risk it probably feels is worth taking.