Thousands of drivers delivering for Amazon in the UK could be entitled to an average of £10,500 compensation for each year they have delivered for the company, according to law firm Leigh Day. But could this lead to greater government intervention and higher taxes, which may not be the direction other freelancers want things to […]

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The NHS will be exempt from the new health and social care levy, government plans reveal, yet in a bizarre twist, care providers and their workers will pay for the levy, The Telegraph has reported. There are also revelations that the NHS will take the lion’s share of the levy funds as part of the […]

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Those self-employed workers who lost 100% of their work in the first lockdown saw a sharp rise in deprivation in the wake of the pandemic. Their financial circumstances have seen little improvement, according to a Joseph Rowntree Foundation study. As a result of the onset of the pandemic in Spring 2020, the share of workers that […]

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The London Symphony Orchestra’s music director, Sir Simon Rattle, was so moved by the plight of freelance symphony musicians over the pandemic that he held a concert in their honour. The concert, which will air this Friday, April 9 on BBC Radio 3, marked the first time a large number of freelancers had been engaged […]

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The charity, Money Advice Trust, which is behind charities National Debtline and Business Debtline, has written to the Minister for Small Business, Paul Scully, to make the case for a dedicated ‘Covid-19 Self-employment Recovery Strategy’ to help people who are self-employed recover from the impact of the outbreak. Further proposals include introducing a discretionary grant scheme specifically […]

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“The government’s lack of support for directors has effectively demonised a class of businesses that support 7.5m UK jobs, which will be lost if these companies fail,” writes Claer Barrett, a Financial Times Serious Money columnist. Barrett opines that the Tory party that has historically “championed entrepreneurship” is now in a jarring political move that […]

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The UK’s furlough scheme, which will be extended in full (80% of salary) until the end of March, with the Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant increased to 80% of profits for November to January, up to a maximum of £7,500, is a welcome relief – for those that are eligible. However, one year of […]

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Here is the latest from the UK Government on the increased support for the UK’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme under this week’s anticipated National Lockdown measures: Government increases support under the third instalment of the UK-wide Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, with people receiving 80% of average trading profits for November Grants will also be paid […]

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Rather than excluding the newly self-employed and company directors in accessing Bounce Back loans, the government should be supporting them to keep their businesses alive, generate new business and create new jobs. This is the line of thinking of The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Of the 28 lenders accredited under the Bounce Back Loan […]

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The HMRC has extended the payment on account deadline for Self Assessment to 2021 and also set up self-employed loan support in these lean times. But not all taxpayers are feeling the love. Some 3 million have been left in a taxpayer’s black hole. If your Self Assessment payment on account was due in July […]

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