Coronavirus: Freelancers now work more for less money
IPSE’s Joshua Toovey talks through the latest quarterly insights from the Freelancer Confidence Index.
- 23 Feb 2021
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New research: Self-employed economy damaged by coronavirus and lack of government support
A new report by IPSE identifies the groups worst affected by the pandemic, and finds a 341 per cent rise in self-employed Universal Credit applications.
- 1 Feb 2021
Late payment during the pandemic is harming freelancers’ financial prospects – but help may be on the way
IPSE's Alasdair Hutchison discusses our new research and how late payment is hitting freelancers' finances during coronavirus.
- 17 Nov 2020
What can the last recession tell us about how freelancers will adapt after coronavirus?
In this third and final blog in our series, we take a look at what the last recession can tell us about what coronavirus means for freelancers.
- 6 Nov 2020
Seven years of FCI data: The highs and lows of freelancer confidence in an uncertain economy
IPSE's Ryan Barnett looks at how freelancer confidence has been shaped by seven years of political and economic turbulence.
- 23 Oct 2020
What does our Confidence Index tell us about how coronavirus is affecting the freelancing sector?
IPSE’s Freelancer Confidence Index for Q2 2020 suggests that freelancers’ businesses are still being impacted by the pandemic.
- 27 Aug 2020
Making self-employment work for disabled people
Last week, IPSE released a report which found that over 50,000 disabled self-employed workers in the UK have missed out on government support. IPSE’s senior researcher, Inna Yordanova, explains what the report found and how IPSE will use these findings.
- 30 Jun 2020