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...

How to claim the second grant – and deadline date to apply for the first payment (iNews) Self-employed workers will again be able to access a taxab...

U-turn on penalty for 70,000 freelance mothers ‘unfairly’ left with less Covid-19 income support (The Telegraph)  Freelance mothers who...

The Boom is coming for Freelancers… (Forbes) Freelancers are likely to find themselves in more demand in the future, with 47% of hiring manag...

Fraudsters target self-employed seeking Covid-19 income support (The Telegraph) Fraudsters are targeting self-employed workers seeking state aid du...

Virus-hit self-employed to receive second payment (BBC News) More than two million people have applied for a single grant of up to £7,500 so far. T...

Self-employed face ‘cliff-edge’ income drop next week if support scheme not renewed (The Telegraph)  Around 1.5 million self-employed w...

UK scheme signs up 440,000 self-employed workers on first day (The Guardian)  A government scheme to support self-employed workers signed up 440,00...

UK opens £10 billion COVID-19 aid programme for self-employed (Reuters)  Millions of British self-employed workers will be able to apply for one-of...

Rishi Sunak preparing to wind down coronavirus furlough scheme from July (The Guardian) Rishi Sunak is preparing to wind down the coronavirus wage-...

Self-employed could get emergency cash payments before June, (The Telegraph) The self-employed could be handed emergency cash payments sooner than ...

1.5m more self-employed workers file claims for universal credit, (Business Matters Magazine) More than 1.5 million people have applied for univers...

Self-employed workers caught out by the controversial ‘loan charge’ are still being chased by the taxman despite coronavirus crisis, (T...

41%.  It is one of the statistics that the UnderPinned team most commonly find themselves scratching their head over. Campaigns have been set up to...

Covid – 19 Sunak Urged to Urgently Close Gaps in Support for Self-Employed, (Freelance UK) The chancellor is being inundated with appeals from supp...

Chancellor gives support to millions of self-employed individuals, (GOV.uk) Millions of self-employed individuals will receive direct cash grants t...