This month Andy and Jon talk to Simon McVicar of the PCG about the latest developments on IR35, and how the PCG are attempting to advise the UK’s Government on future reforms. We also get an accountants perspective on how the changes brought about in the Budget will effect the nation’s freelancers from Steve Crouch of Crunch Accounting. This is a long one, so pour yourself a cup of tea.
As regular readers may have noticed, although we have an expansive team of contributors here at Freelance Advisor, our day-to-day content is produced by a core team of just a few. Unfortunately, one of our most regular contributors, Mel Dixon, will be leaving us in a few weeks.
What is the difference between a freelancer and a contractor? Does anyone really know? The lines are sometimes so blurred that they seem to scarcely exist at all – but they exist nonetheless. If you’re a freelancer, then you’re a freelancer, and if you’re a contractor, then you’re a contractor.
Remember 2010? Seems like aeons ago, doesn’t it? Well, it was actually only about a week and a half ago. Way back in 2010 we brought you the fantastic news that we, along with our friends Crunch Accountants, were sponsoring the Xchangeteam Freelance of the Year awards. Well, guess what? We still are!
Are you a freelancer? We’re guessing probably yes. Do you like live music, free alcohol and free food? Of course you do. Are you based in or around the Brighton area? We hope so. Because today we’re announcing the inaugural Brighton & Hove Freelancer’s Christmas Party!
Over the weekend Freelance Advisor experienced a few, shall we say, problems. If we have an big infrastructure problem on the site, I, as Editor, get alerts on just about every device I own – if the site goes down my office suddenly sounds like a mobile disco as I receive alerts and emails and text messages letting me know of the problem.
Freelance Advisor and Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones has returned with a new book which works as an indispensable guide to starting a business in your spare time.
Working 5 to 9 is the follow up to Emma’s best-selling debut Spare Room Start Up and taps in to the modern day phenomenon of people starting businesses at the end of their ‘employed’ working day.
Joyfully Jobless! Part 2 of an interview with Barbara Winter, author of Making a Living Without a Job.
Freelance Podcast 20: Making a living without a job - part 2 [ 23:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Andy talks to John Brazier of the Professional Contractors Group, Nathan Pope of the Brighton Farm and Darren Fell of Freelance Advisor, about their views of how the freelancing and contracting market is evolving over the next few years. Whether you are a consultant or contractor, contracting or freelancing, the future could look bright for [...]
#10: The growth in the Freelancer Marketplace - Fact or Fiction [ 26:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
