Help & guidance for professionals
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What is professional indemnity insurance?
If you are alleged to have provided inadequate advice, services or designs to a client, professional indemnity insurance provides cover for the legal costs and expenses in defending the claim, as well as compensation payable to your client to rectify the mistake.
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What you need to have in a Contract for Services
As a self-employed freelancer or contractor working on projects for clients, it’s important to have a contract for services that covers all of the essential clauses needed to ensure you are protected from a legal and tax point of view.
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The True Extent of Cybercrime on the UK's Self-Employed and SMEs Revealed
Cybercrime continues to rise across the globe, with the UK alone losing billions of pounds a year to fraud and online attacks.
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IR35 The new challenges and how to handle them – part 2
In this guide from our IR35 expert, Paul Mason, we look at the new challenges self-employed contractors, end clients and fee payers are facing since the April 2021 changes to IR35 in the private sector, and how to navigate them.
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IR35 The new challenges and how to handle them – part 1
In this guide from our IR35 expert, Paul Mason, we look at the new challenges self-employed contractors, end clients and fee payers are facing since April 2021’s changes to IR35 in the private sector and how to navigate these.
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How will the National Insurance increase affect contractors?
The political fallout from this NI increase will continue for a while: from breaking a Conservative manifesto pledge to disagreements over whether it adequately funds the country’s social care requirements, the PM is being challenged from all areas.
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Who does IR35 apply to?
Since its introduction into the public sector in 2017, the off-payroll working legislation previously known as the Intermediaries Legislation (better known IR35), has changed the way how many people in the UK work and how they are paid.
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IR35 and Public Sector bodies: the expert’s opinion
Following revelations two years ago that NHS Digital had been fined £4.3m by HMRC and more recently, that DWP was fined almost £88m for “historic errors” and the Home Office £33.5m (including penalties of £4m have been suspended), HMRC has been deemed “careless” in its implementation of off-payroll working rules.
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How to become a dance teacher
If you have a passion for dancing and are yearning to turn your love into a viable career, teaching could be a great option for you.
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How to become a massage therapist
It is the job of a professional massage therapist to physically manipulate the soft tissues, muscles and joints of their patients and clients, with the ultimate purpose of relieving tension and pain in the body.
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How to protect your intellectual property and copyright
When you’re a self-employed freelancer or contractor, it’s important to understand what intellectual property is and how you can protect yours.