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.

At this stage in the week, most readers will have read the details of the Government's latest announcement regarding updates to the SEISS support scheme.

When Covid-19 hit in March, thousands of freelancers across the UK lost work overnight and in turn, the prospect of a regular income (or any income in many cases).