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Spring Budget 2023: Chancellor offers self-employed next to nothing

Everything ranging from ‘a complete absence’ to ‘not a huge amount’ is unveiled to freelancers by Jeremy Hunt.

16 March 2023

6 min

Advisers to creative freelancers reveal Spring Budget 2023 hopes and fears

Chancellor Hunt is being overloaded by a sprawling list of demands, in a sign of just how much self-employed creatives are in need.

10 March 2023

6 min

ChatGPT: how creative freelancers can make the app work for them

Far from being a threat, the tool of the moment can offer self-employed creatives a helping hand.

27 February 2023

4 min

Freelancers reminded that labels don’t decide or alter employment status

EAT: Being part of an HMRC scheme for the self-employed doesn’t determine you as self-employed.

21 February 2023

4 min

Netherlands MVV: what self-employed Britons need to know

Quite a big section of small print for UK freelancers to read, before they can successfully go Dutch.

14 February 2023

3 min

Two creative heavyweights are fighting 'Oxford University’s Uberisation'

With ramifications for the gig economy, a very unexpected case could lead to securer terms for the hard-working.

10 February 2023

3 min

Freelancers, here’s your 2023 marketing plan for your self-employed biz

How Google, LinkedIn, Clutch, and not too much Zoom can take your sole trader business to new heights this year.

7 February 2023

5 min

Major Players asks creative industries freelancers to have their say

A new survey for creatives is likely to confirm the freelancing market as still lumpy, but seeing a steady flow of new opportunities.

3 February 2023

3 min

Self-employed try to file at the 11th hour (and keep their cool) with HMRC

We’re busy. It’s complicated. And I can’t afford it, say freelancers ahead of their ‘mad dash’ to self-assess before midnight.

31 January 2023

4 min

Freelancer tax returns are due imminently: final tips to file on time

Deadlines don’t usually faze the self-employed, but Tuesday’s cut-off will sting if you miss it.

27 January 2023

5 min

What the delay to MTD for Income Tax Self-Assessment means for freelancers

FreeAgent unpacks the government’s decision to put back MTD ITSA until April 2026 – at the earliest.

17 January 2023

3 min

HMRC probes 50,000 Self-Employment Income Support Scheme users

Taxman asks droves of sole traders to prove they were eligible for SEISS grants four and five.

12 January 2023

3 min

UK freelancing ‘on track for a shot in the arm from cost of living crisis’

More creatives needing second incomes, or realising their retirement funds won’t stretch, bodes well for self-employment.

6 January 2023

3 min

What jobs are most in demand?

The world of tech is constantly evolving from one year to the next. Here is our list of the jobs most in demand by technology companies in 2023. What jobs are getting recruited for most in 2023 ?

28 December 2022

3 min

Due better policy, freelancers got thrown from covid to recession

All the self-employed want for Christmas is a government sympathetic to challenges tied to their unique way of working.

13 December 2022

4 min

Autumn Statement 2022: where creative freelancers may see an upside

In the current climate, the chancellor’s measures indicate that some difficult days may lie ahead for self-employed creatives.

22 November 2022

4 min

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