Press coverage

HMRC has introduced a new rule change that is confusing many UK freelancers. The new rule requires freelancers with a turnover of over £100,000 to sign up for Making Tax Digital. This has caused confusion and frustration among freelancers who are not sure if they need to sign up.

Matthew Knight shares practical advice on budgeting before you leave employment, clarifying your offer, building multiple routes to work, staying on top of tax and admin, and finding freelancer community support.

Matthew Knight built a same-day system to notify unsuccessful candidates, arguing that ghosting is a choice rather than a technical limitation, and outlining the wider cost of silence for freelancers.

Matthew Knight on rising unemployment, the lean core plus friends plus AI hiring model, and why freelancers and permanent candidates alike need clear, demonstrable case studies to compete.

Matthew Knight on the burnout gap for freelance workers, Leapers research on mental health support, and practical steps for employers to signpost help and treat freelancers fairly.

Coverage of the Leapers annual survey, with Matthew Knight on employers' moral duty to support freelancers and findings on ghosting, late payments, isolation and mental health.

Katie Cadwell's If You Could Jobs advice column on contracts, business accounts and insurance for new freelancers, pointing readers to Freelancing Support for guides on common issues.

Matthew Knight welcomes the Government's Creative Industries Sector Plan, new freelance champion role, and renewed research into challenges facing the self-employed.

Gordon Young on Leapers research into reluctant freelancers, isolation, income instability, AI's role, and what support systems need to change for self-employment to work better.

Interview with Matthew Knight on founding Leapers and Outside Perspective, key research findings, and how brands can design more freelancer-friendly working relationships.