Last month, Freelancer Club member and experienced photographer Jodine Wiliams held a meetup called 'How To Build Your Portfolio (Collab Chat)’.

When will lockdown end in England?  The question on everyone's lips was finally answered by government officials last week when they unveiled their ‘roadmap out of lockdown’.  In this article, we break down this roadmap to help freelancers who offer face to face services decide when they can get back to work. 

According to research carried out by IPSE, the solo self-employed population has shrunk by five percent since 2019. 

How much will we have to pay back?

Let’s get the fine print out of the way. This is not an article telling you what you should or shouldn’t do during this lockdown.

How will Brexit affect freelancers?

Can photographers work during Tier 4? Can makeup artists work in Tier 4? What about freelance videographers? It was the news nobody wanted to hear so close to Christmas. On Saturday evening, Boris Johnson announced that certain parts of the UK would move into Tier 4 lockdown.

When the government announced a second nationwide lockdown for the UK earlier this month, freelancers we’re again left wondering if and how they would continue working.