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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.
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- IR35
- Economy
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- Personal Finance
- 13 Jun 2023
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.
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- Personal Finance
- Education & Training
- 26 May 2023
From inflationary pressures to inflexibility: Reviewing barriers to financial products for the self-employed
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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- Research
- Personal Finance
- 18 May 2023
The Disabled Self-Employed in 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
Women in self-employment in 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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- Research
- Health and Wellbeing
- 1 Dec 2022
Remote working: Exploring the impact of the pandemic on working patterns and conditions for the self-employed
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
- Research
- Health and Wellbeing
- 6 Oct 2022