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It’s boring, but if you’ve saved money specifically for this purpose, it shouldn’t be painful. Here’s what you must do to get through your self-ass...

Staying open all hours feels mandatory when there’s no fixed salary to full back on. But it’s an unrealistic and self-harming expectation. If you f...

One of the biggest problems we encounter as freelancers is asking for decent money. Particularly in the early stage of our career, it’s common for ...

As freelancers there are many things we can say ‘goodbye’ to when we choose not to live in the ‘real work world’. Rude or controlling bosses, askin...

Freelancing, or running a small business, requires constant navigation. Completing your own tax is probably not at the top of the list of reasons w...

While mixing work and pleasure is often framed as a recipe for disaster, for some freelancers it’s key to professional success and one of the great...

Since the start of the pandemic, two questions have crossed most people’s minds; ‘When will we be able to go back to normal?’ and ‘What will happen...

“I love deadlines,” says author Douglas Adams. “I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”  Writers, this is a deadline you are not goin...

All freelancers share a similar view about work. That it can be fun and whimsical to have a schedule peppered with variety and a revolving backdrop...

When you go freelance, one of the first things you’re told to do is to join LinkedIn. A social media network just full of potential clients at your...

When you see that this feature opens with a sentence containing the word ‘contract’, you’ll be tempted to stop reading. Don’t. Our lives are filled...

Every week, we kick off our Monday meeting by asking “What does our community need?” And every week, there are many answers, but none of them has b...

As freelancers, we surround ourselves with endless to-do lists, setting different targets based on head and/or heart on a near-daily basis. There a...

As a freelancer, you will have already noticed that the bulk of your (unpaid) work revolves around getting more work. If you want to sustain a succ...

In May, 440,000 freelancers signed up to the UK government’s Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS). But millions are still unable to access g...

Sainsbury’s Bank Stops Offering Loans and Credit Cards to the Self-Employed (Money Expert)  The supermarket’s bank said it has made “temporar...

Rishi Sunak urged to plug furlough scheme gaps for 1m workers (The Guardian) Rishi Sunak, has been criticised by MPs for “drawing a line” under con...

HMRC targets false claims for self-employed financial support scheme (iNews) Tax officials are also encouraging those who benefitted from the Self-...

Self employed grant: When can I apply for the second self employed grant (The Express) The second grant will be capped at a maximum of £6,570 in to...

Freelancers Overlooked in Creative Sector’s £1.57bn Covid Lifeline (Freelancer UK) Freelancers are dismayed at appearing to be largely overlooked i...