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IPSE provides guides, tips, tools and templates for you to use to help run, manage and protect your business. We add to these daily and update them on a regular basis.

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Average Day Rates Guide

How much do others charge? This guide provides a breakdown of day rates by self-employed role. Once you know what others are charging, you'll be better equipped to set your own rates.

IPSE Impact Report 2022-2023

At IPSE our members are at the centre of everything we do and we are continually reviewing our benefits, services and focuses to meet our members' needs. Read our latest impact report and find out about the improvements we’ve made, our work over the last two years and the impact we’ve had for our members.

The Self-Employed Landscape in 2023

Released annually, the IPSE Self-Employed Landscape report for 2023 provides a snapshot of how the sector’s size, demographics and economic impact have changed in the past year.

Freelancer Confidence Index Q1 2023

The survey measures overall trends in the market for freelancers in order to identify inflationary pressures, business confidence, and an overview of freelancers’ perception of general economic conditions for Q1 2023.

Project Planning Template

This project planning template aims to make it easy for freelancers to plan and manage their projects more effectively through the use of a Gantt chart.

Invoice Template

This invoice template includes everything you must have on an invoice. Use this template to clearly display to your clients what they're paying for, how much they owe, and when it needs to be paid by.

IR35 Spotlight 2023: Insights from the UK's contracting sector

IPSE’s annual IR35 Spotlight tracks key metrics related to IR35, including the ways contractors work, their client’s approach to the rules and the success rate of appeals against client determinations. The aim is to be able to report IR35’s long-term impact on UK contracting.

Equipping the self-employed with training and skills: Data brief 2023

In order to demonstrate to policymakers of the need to promote and encourage the self-employed to upskill and ultimately drive UK economic growth, we’ve put together a data brief on self-employed training and skills in 2023.