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.

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• 13 Jun 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.

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• Education & Training
• 26 May 2023

This report examines the impact of macroeconomic factors on the financial decision-making of the self-employed, reviewing barriers to accessing mortgages and private finance whilst also evaluating attitudes towards saving for later life.

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• Personal Finance
• 18 May 2023

The 2022 edition of IPSE's annual report looks at the demographics and characteristics of the solo self-employed and how these have changed between 2021 and 2022.

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• 8 Feb 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 Q3 2022.

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• Economy
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• 23 Dec 2022

This report outlines the size of the disabled self-employed sector, reviews demographic and occupational changes since 2020 whilst also reviewing the motivations and experiences of the disabled self-employed before concluding with a series of policy recommendations for government.

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• Health and Wellbeing
• 7 Dec 2022

This report outlines the size of the female self-employed sector, reviews demographic and occupational changes since 2020 before concluding with a series of policy recommendations for government.

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• 1 Dec 2022

This report assesses the scale of remote working amongst freelancers since the Coronavirus pandemic, the advantages and disadvantages of increased work away from a client’s premises whilst also reviewing whether the shift has positively enhanced the overall freelancing experience.

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• Coronavirus
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• Health and Wellbeing
• 6 Oct 2022