Freelance news in the UK

An overview of consulting news in the category Freelance in the UK:

Freelancers positive about long-term market opportunities Despite the challenging economic conditions, seven out of 10 highly educated freelancers are confident about their outlook.
14 May 2024
Flexibility attracts one-in-four workers to go freelance Nearly one-in-four UK employees are considering switching from full-time employment to become contractors or freelancers.
21 November 2023
Malt’s freelance community in UK booms to 15,000 members One year after arriving in the UK market, Malt has grown its freelance community to more than 15,000 experts. The firm arrived in the UK via its acquisition of freelance marketplace Comatch.
21 June 2023
Seven-in-10 consultants could go freelance by 2033 The shift to independent consulting looks set to gather pace over the coming decade, according to a new study, which has found that a majority of consultants plan to go freelance in the next 10 years
29 March 2023
Portevo launches curated marketplace for management consultancy A new marketplace has launched for independent consultants focused on management consultancy services: Portevo.
16 June 2022
Navigating IR35 in 2022 - for contractors and independent consultants Facing the dual impacts of the pandemic and the introduction of IR35, 2021 was a challenging year for many contractors and freelance consultants.
22 April 2022
Freelancer marketplace Malt acquires consulting counterpart Comatch Independent management consulting network Comatch has been acquired by freelance community Malt. The deal stands to build the largest client network for freelance professionals in Europe.
29 March 2022
Self-employment falls for the second year running Disruption from the pandemic and changes to tax regulation have led to self-employment in the UK shrinking for the second consecutive year.
03 February 2022
Third of Gen Z considering launch of own business Having grown frustrated by the employers who are not meeting their needs in the workplace, one-third of young people are now considering going into business for themselves.
27 January 2022
Advice for consultants working through an umbrella company Crawford Temple is CEO and founder of Professional Passport, an independent assessor of payment intermediary compliance. He explains what an umbrella company is and how the umbrella model works.
13 January 2022
Options for freelancers hit by off-payroll and IR35 reforms John Bell is Founder and Director of insolvency and restructuring firm Clarke Bell.
24 December 2021
Independents find IR35 'more damaging' than Covid-19 or Brexit The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed has found that the confidence of freelance workers in the UK economy has collapsed, since reforms of IR35 came into effect in 2021.
10 December 2021
Majority of independents are satisfied with freelancing career The majority of freelancers are satisfied with their independent careers, according to a new academic study.
09 December 2021
UK’s freelancers took major hit during pandemic A new study into the UK’s freelance economy has found that two-thirds of the sector’s workers were negatively impacted by the pandemic.
24 August 2021
Covid-19 is impacting mental health of independent consultants The Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on the mental health of consultants, according to a new report by Movemeon.
30 June 2021
Majority of companies to adopt blanket ‘inside IR35’ structures The introduction of UK’s IR35 Contractor tax reforms are set to permanently change company relationships with contractors and independent consultants.
06 April 2021
Comatch integrates 'soft skills' into its consultants matching Expert economy company Comatch has announced the integration of a new algorithm for soft skills into its innovative matchmaking platform.
31 March 2021
How contractors can prepare for the IR35 Off-Payroll tax changes New tax legislation will come into effect on April 6th 2021 that is set to have a huge impact on contractors working in the private sector as the Government takes steps to raise more taxes from so ca
28 January 2021
Contracting via a limited company? Use an MVL to wind down IR35 is back in the headlines.
14 January 2021
Why management consultants choose to go independent A new study has suggested that despite uncertainty around Brexit, IR35 and Covid-19, independent consultants in Britain have still managed to realise their hopes for improved work-life balance and fl
30 July 2020
Covid-19's impact on the independent consulting market Much has been written about the impact of coronavirus on leading consulting firms and the industry as a whole.
15 July 2020
Independent development consultants hard hit by Covid-19 All aspects of the travel-intensive consulting industry have been hit hard by the Covid-19 international travel ban, however those specialising in international development have been impacted worse t
07 July 2020
One in five freelance consultants and contractors in trouble A new research estimates that around one in five independent consultants and contractors fear having to stop their business amid the fallout of demand caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
08 June 2020
Freelancers pushed to breaking-point by long hours and low pay The majority of UK freelancers are enduring excessive stress, according to a new study.
14 April 2020
Government to delay IR35 changes for 12 months With less than a month until the planned roll-out of the controversial IR35 tax legislation, the Government has announced it will now delay the change for a whole calendar year.
20 March 2020
Gig economy faces exodus in UK after IR35 changes With the deadline for implementing new IR35 legislation looming large, many large businesses are bracing for an exodus of skilled contractors.
04 March 2020
Why IR35 doesn't have to be 'the death' of contractors IR35 is a piece of legislation that allows HMRC to collect additional payment where a contractor is an employee ‘in all but name’, something which many expect to have major repercussions for Britain’
02 March 2020
Off-payroll working (IR35) changes coming in April From April 2020, contractors who work through personal service companies (PSC) will be affected by changes to the off-payroll working rules.
18 February 2020
IR35: What are business owners and freelancers thinking? Contractors working in the private sector are set to face a massive change in their taxation status and how they work with their clients following the introduction of IR35 changes in 2020.
04 February 2020
Charlotte Gregson on UK's booming independent consulting market Independent consulting work now accounts for over a fifth of the industry’s annual revenues. COMATCH UK Managing Director Charlotte Gregson says the only way is up.
22 January 2020
6 out of 10 freelancers often feel lonely due to their work Freelance work is often billed as providing workers with improved happiness, via more flexible hours, improved work-life balance and the opportunity to avoid the jostling of workplace politics.
02 January 2020
UK firms struggle to foster 'hybrid workforces' Almost three-quarters of organisations believe combining automation with human labour is one of the biggest challenges they face, according to a new study.
05 December 2019

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