Welcome to the IPSE Resource Library
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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- Coronavirus
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.
- Research
- Coronavirus
- Research
- Health and Wellbeing
- 6 Oct 2022
Template response email for SEISS and CJRS nudge letters
If you have received a nudge letter from HMRC, reviewed your claim, and you are satisfied it is correct, you should contact HMRC to confirm that you believe your claim to be correct. If you are an IPSE member, we have created an email template which you can use to do this.
- Tools and Templates
- Coronavirus
- Personal Finance
- 1 Sep 2021
Lockdowns and support gaps: Counting the cost of the pandemic on self-employment
This report examines the impact of the pandemic, over a year on from its onset, on freelancers’ businesses and income whilst also reviewing the approaches taken by freelancers to mitigate against the pandemic and their plans for the future. The report also focuses on how the pandemic and gaps in economic support have influenced freelancers' attitudes towards government.
- Research
- Coronavirus
- Research
- 9 Aug 2021
The hidden cost: exploring the impact of the pandemic on freelancer mental health
This report examines the impact the pandemic continues to have on freelancers' mental health, how poor mental health is affecting them and how they tackle this.
- Research
- Coronavirus
- Research
- Health and Wellbeing
- 25 Jun 2021
Opening of the UK economy
This report investigates what concerns freelancers have as the economy begins to re-open following lockdown restrictions and how long they predict it may take for their businesses to return to pre-pandemic operation levels.
- Research
- Coronavirus
- Research
- 14 May 2021
IPSE 2021 March Budget Submission.pdf
IPSE's submission to the Chancellor ahead of the 2021 Budget.
- Policy
- Coronavirus
- Economy
- Policy
- Tax
- 22 Jan 2021
The Cost of COVID: How the pandemic is affecting the self-employed
To further understand the gaps in support and freelancers’ deteriorating financial circumstances, IPSE and Starling Bank have collaborated on a dedicated piece of research examining their finances throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The following report focuses on some of the key factors impacting freelancers’ work-related and personal finances.
- Research
- Coronavirus
- Research
- 2 Dec 2020
Limited Company Director Template Furlough Letter for the CJRS
A template letter, developed by IPSE, for limited company directors who wish to access the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
- Tools and Templates
- Coronavirus
- 13 Nov 2020