IPSE Community Forums

Join in, share your experiences and get your questions answered by your fellow members on IPSE's online forums.
With news and views on hundreds of topics and a place to virtually meet IPSE members, our forums are a great resource. Topics range from today's politics all the way to DIY - and we do try to organise them in to easy-to-use sections.
Here you can benefit from the combined experience of fellow members and get all your questions on self-employment answered.
IPSE Community
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IPSE Advice
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Financial wellbeing guidance
- Late payment guide: legal rights and process for claiming a late payment
- IPSE Payment Practices Index
- The best invoicing tools and apps for freelancers
- How to save money as a freelancer
- Why budgeting is important when you're self-employed
- The best budgeting apps and tools for freelancers
- Managing personal debt when you’re self-employed
- The Complete Self-Employed Mortgage Guide
- When to hire an accountant if you’re self-employed
- Do the self-employed receive state pensions and retirement benefits?
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Growing your self-employed business
- How to get more clients
- How to raise your client rates
- How AI can help you scale your freelancing
- Marketing your self-employed business
- How to start an additional eCommerce income stream
- How to utilise your home for an additional income
- How to generate extra income from retail arbitrage
- How to start an affiliate income stream
- How to set up a referral scheme for your self-employed business
- How to find funding for training
- Taking on your first employees when you’re self-employed
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How to become a... advice
- How to become a freelance structural engineer
- How to become a freelance coach
- How to become a freelance event planner or organiser
- How to become a freelance photographer
- How to become a freelance proofreader
- How to become a freelance SEO consultant
- How to become a freelance virtual assistant
- How to become a freelance web designer
- How to become a freelance writer
- How to become a freelance business analyst
- How to become an author
- How to become a freelance AI prompt engineer
- Insurance advice
- Legal guidance
- Mental wellbeing advice
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New to self-employment advice
- How to switch to self-employed consulting
- How to avoid legal issues when you become self-employed
- How to prepare for self-employment
- Freelancing around full-time employment
- Choosing between becoming a sole trader or limited company
- How to switch to self-employed contracting
- Why create a self-employed business plan?
- The most common mistakes of the newly self-employed
- Physical wellbeing advice
- Self-employed families and parents advice
- Self-employed tax guidance
- Social wellbeing advice
- Stress awareness advice
- Winning work advice
- Ways of working advice
- Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Managed service company advice
- Securing your self-employed future
- Networking and community for the self-employed
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Financial wellbeing guidance
- IPSE Incubator
- IPSE Library