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- Payment Culture
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.
Late payment and nonpayment: Reviewing the prevalence and impact within the self-employed sector
This report assesses the prevalence of late payment from clients and agencies and evaluates the impact of late payment on freelancers’ mental health and the knock-on consequences for their finances.
- Research
- Research
- Personal Finance
- Payment Culture
- 20 Jul 2022
IPSE Late Payment Letter Template: Final Demand
After sending the gentle reminder letter as well as the follow-up letter, use this template to send a letter one week later to chase a client who still has not made payment.
- Tools and Templates
- Personal Finance
- Payment Culture
- 22 Mar 2021
IPSE Late Payment Letter Template: Gentle Reminder
[FREE DOWNLOAD] As a freelancer, late payment can seriously affect your cashflow and wellbeing, but it can often feel difficult to approach late-paying clients due to concerns around potentially damaging the relationship. This is the first of 3 letters to send to chase a client who is late to make payment.
- Tools and Templates
- Personal Finance
- Payment Culture
- 22 Mar 2021
IPSE Late Payment Letter Template: Follow-up
It can often feel difficult to approach late-paying clients regarding their outstanding payment due to concerns around potentially damaging the relationship. After sending the gentle reminder letter, use this template two weeks later to chase a client who is still late to make payment.
- Tools and Templates
- Personal Finance
- Payment Culture
- 22 Mar 2021
IPSE Report: What Makes a Freelancer?
‘What makes a freelancer?’ explores some of the key reasons that the UK population are increasingly turning to freelancing. It also highlights some of the challenges they encounter in self-employment and the areas where freelancers need more support.
- Research
- Research
- Personal Finance
- Payment Culture
- 12 Jan 2020
The Path to Prosperity
This research by IPSE and Sherpa sheds light on the financial welfare of the self-employed and how people can ensure that self-employment is a sustainable, fulfilling and financially rewarding way of life.
Working Well For Yourself
What makes for good self-employment? Building on the wider debate about good work – sparked by the publication of the 2017 Taylor Review of Modern Employment Practices – we set out to uncover what exactly makes for good work for the UK’s 4.8 million self-employed.