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Self-employed pension crisis fears renewed as research suggests 45% aren’t saving

Calls for targeted measures to boost self-employed retirement savings have been renewed as new research suggests 45% of the self-employed aren't saving into a pension.

IPSE brings flexible and cost-effective co-working to freelancers in new partnership with AndCo

IPSE has partnered with workspace provider AndCo to bring more than 400 workspaces and meeting rooms to its members, at no added cost.

IPSE: Warning as hundreds of thousands of self-employed face cut-off from “crucial Universal Credit lifeline”

IPSE urges government not to reintroduce the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor next month, which bars hundreds of thousands of self-employed from the benefit.

Counting the cost of Covid: one million self-employed pushed into debt due to pandemic

New research by IPSE and Starling shows the drastic impact the pandemic has had on freelancers' finances.

Explainer: the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme - are you eligible and how can you access it?

IPSE provide a short explainer on the government's new financial support scheme for the self-employed and freelancers, including eligiblity requirements, the amount available and how you can access it.

National Work-Life Week: 21 per cent of freelancers spent their summer holiday chasing late payment

For National Work-Life Week, IPSE is calling on government to clamp down on late payment, to allow the UK’s 4.9-million self-employed workforce to enjoy a better work-life balance.

IPSE: Over three million self-employed could face bleak later years

Unless urgent action is taken, in ten years over three million self-employed people could be without a pension.