I’m employed by an umbrella company. What next?
Dear Iona, I have been working for a government department as a self-employed contractor for the past two years. It moved all new & extended
June 4, 2020
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Freelance Finance
The lowdown on support for the self-employed
The Self-employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is now up and running to tide over young freelancers during lockdown – much earlier than expected. Iona digs
May 26, 2020
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Iona on BBC Worklife: coronavirus & remote working
I was on Worklife, the BBC’s flagship business programme, at the beginning of the week as the coronavirus was fast turning into a public health
March 13, 2020
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The Young Money guide to staying sane at work!
Some of us may feel lucky just to get the gig – but that doesn’t make having a full-time job any easier. Whether you work
February 26, 2020
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SHIB MATHEW: how we’re trying to help freelancers
Recently, Young Money editor Iona Bain wrote for the Financial Times about her experience of late payments as a freelancer, and singled out a particular
January 20, 2020
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FT COLUMN: Freelancers and the curse of late payments
In my first Millennial Money column for FT Money, I ask why freelancers struggled so much with late payments in 2019 – and whether the
January 2, 2020
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The female freelance fightback: how to raise YOUR pay in 2020
Female? Freelance? Chances are that you are often being asked to work for free or cajoled into accepting pay that’s beneath you. But no more!
December 12, 2019
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Iona’s IPSE column: prep for the self-employed shake-up
Tax, national insurance and pensions. For freelancers, words that can spell regular anxiety attacks. Our time is money, and it’s easy to be too busy
June 4, 2019
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