Tuesday 17 June
Zoom Webinar
IPSE members: Free
Non-members: £40 + VAT (2 for 1)
Helping you make the switch to self-employment
National Freelancers Day 2025
Whether you're in the early stages of your self-employed career or if you’re about to start a business, stepping into self-employment is an exciting move. National Freelancers Day, taking place on Tuesday 17 June 2025, is here to help you make it with confidence.
Join us online for a day of expert insights, practical financial guidance and the chance to connect with others making the switch to freelancing.
National Freelancers Day is your opportunity to learn from those who've been there, get practical tips, and build your freelance support network.
Programme
Speak at National Freelancers Day!
National Freelancers Day is all about helping people make the switch to self-employment, and we’re looking for inspiring speakers to join us!
If you have valuable insights to share with our National Freelancers Day audience, we’d love to hear from you. Submit your interest via this form by Friday 9 May.
What to expect
- Key financial knowledge webinar: Understand the key financial knowledge you need when becoming self-employed
- Online networking session: Meet and connect with fellow freelancers
- Panel debate: Hear expert opinions on where freelancing is heading
10.00 - 11.00am Panel: Is now a good time to go freelance?
For the best part of four years, the total self-employed population has been stable at around 4.3 million – still down from its pre-pandemic peak of 5 million. Why hasn’t it bounced back more strongly by now? Do we expect it to grow over the next few years? Does the current government actually want it to? These are the questions we’ll be putting to our panel of experts at this year’s NFD.
We’ll be discussing why now could be a great time to go freelance, but also touching on the challenges that freelancers face in today’s market. Hosted by IPSE's Director of Policy, Andy Chamberlain, we’ll also consider the following questions:
- Are freelancers in demand? What are clients looking for?
- Does this government support self-employment or would it prefer to see more people in employed roles?
- Despite strong growth in female self-employment in the last decade, there are still more men than women – why is this?
- What does the future look like? Is freelancing on the verge of a great expansion?
This will be a virtual panel, with lots of opportunities to ask questions and make comments, so join the debate!
Speakers
Registration
National Freelancers Day is open to anyone looking to make the switch to self-employment; whether you’re starting your career or taking a new direction later in life. IPSE members can attend the sessions for free, non-members can attend with a special 2-for-1 deal.
IPSE members: Free (just add your membership number when registering)
Non-members: £40 +VAT (take advantage of our exclusive 2-for-1 deal: Register yourself and bring along a friend, colleague, or fellow freelancer for free!)
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