Tag: Freelancers
IR35 reform amendment makes Finance Bill
The House of Commons voted in favour of an amendment to the Finance Bill on Thursday that makes it all but certain that the...
Treasury committee urges government to support freelancers
The House of Commons Treasury Select Committee has called on the government to urgently support several categories of worker who have fallen through the...
Pandemic will cause one in five freelancers to cease trading
A fifth of highly-skilled freelancers anticipate that they will have to close their business due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a recent survey of 1,400...
Chancellor urged to extend SEISS scheme
Trade bodies and unions representing freelancers have written to chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak calling for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) to...
Freelance group offers support to NHS
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has praised an initiative by technical freelancers working in the entertainment industry to offer their “immense pool of experience...
Limited company freelancers lobby Treasury for support
Freelancers who provide their services via company structures are urging chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak to extend the government’s financial support for self-employed...
Appeal to government to assist contractors through coronavirus outbreak
A freelancer trade body has appealed to the government to support freelancers in the event of a coronavirus epidemic in the United Kingdom.
The Association...
BAE Systems latest firm to ban off-payroll contractors
BAE Systems has become the latest in a series of high profile UK companies to ban contractors from working “outside IR35”, according to reports...
A third of contractors may quit due to IR35 reforms
New research conducted by a contractor trade body has found that thirty-two per cent of the freelancers surveyed are planning to stop contracting in...
