While summer may not be everyone’s quiet season, work commonly slows down for many freelancers at this time of year. Read More


If you’ve got little or no work at the moment, how are you spending your time?
You can stop the blushing and stammering right now, because the all-day pyjama party ends here. Read More

Late payments are a continued source of worry for freelancers and small business owners as clients and suppliers fail to get their invoices paid on time. Read More

Thanks to a growing gig economy, the number of freelancers are on the rise. Read More

Changing your name wouldn’t necessarily get you paid on time, but if you’re a woman, it might make your payments arrive a bit more snappily.
Yes, it’s true. There’s even a gender pay gap in late payments. Read More

Unless you’re exceptionally lucky, you won’t be bombarded on day one of freelancing by the sound of clients knocking on your front door (unless you’ve left a job and taken a whole slew of potential clients with you – a move that will make you hugely unpopular). Read More

You may be thinking: “How can I fire a client? They’re essentially my boss!” Many freelancers are still stuck in this employee mentality where they act like whoever pays them gets final say on everything. Read More

Freelancers, is there something missing from your invoices? Not a thing! I hear you cry. We’re organised. We track every hour worked, expense incurred, and project completed. Read More

Another person or business providing the same service as you is competition right? Not necessarily in the freelancing world. Read More

Everyone’s heard of the big data breaches at huge companies such as Yahoo and eBay, but perhaps not of the data breaches that happen every day to smaller companies. Read More