2025-11-25

What can employers and employees learn from freelancers?

I was at an Modernising Employment APPG event at the Houses of Commons yesterday, listening to an expert panel sharing their research and insights of the benefits of giving employees more autonomy in the workplace, including work from Lizzie Penny and

2025-11-19

Working together to improve things.

Another good day in London, this morning with an industry trade body who we'll be working with over the coming year to improve their approach to research including freelancers, and the afternoon saw insightful conversations at the RSA with the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre on the experiences and challenges facing freelancers, as well as discussion around what the incoming freelance champion will need to be tackling.

2025-11-13

Hannah Debenham of BeenThereDoneThat

Our recent work with progressive strategy business helped them understand their expert network better.

2025-11-05

Keep Britain Working (or rather, employed)

Not enough focus on alternative routes to work in today's report from Government.

2025-10-30

What's happening at The Independency Co this month?

A few bits of news from The Independency Co. this month.

2025-10-08

In conversation with struggling strategists.

Key themes I'm hearing from strategists who are out of work right now.

2025-10-06

Emma Ahlert, founder of Elsie

Introducing our Coalition members. This week, we spoke to Emma Ahlert, founder of Elsie - the first global network for freelancers in female and sexual health.

2025-10-01

Take part in the Leapers 2025 study.

The Leapers 2025 study on Mental Health and Self-Employment is now open - and we need you take part.

2025-09-18

Shared support for Mental Health for Freelancers

The Coalition is running its first shared webinar for World Mental Health Day.

2025-08-29

Whatsapp chats can be a contract, says the high court.

High court upholds that Whatsapp message formed a binding contract with a client.

2025-08-24

Freelancers, Wanted - a new research series.

As more people turn to freelancing, whether by choice or find themselves in it - are businesses also thinking about the seismic shift that's going to happen, or are they lagging behind, and might struggle to make the most of it?

2025-07-25

the tinderfication of talent.

I use the phrase “tinderfication of talent” a fair bit.

2025-07-18

The Independent Community Coalition

A new collective project.

2025-07-16

Redundancy, Freelancing & Fury.

I get a bit ranty.

2025-07-11

July 11: What the redundancies in the marketing sector will mean for working with freelancers.

Now is the time to think proactively.

2025-06-25

Freelance Champions.

Welcomed move from DCMS and government.

2025-06-19

Three Cs.

Why it's not just about compliance and cost.

2025-06-03

From solo to micro

Are microstudios the new black?

The Independency Co.

Creating confidence in freelancing.

Our work supports both freelancers and hirers to work better, together.

Whether it’s our award winning mental health project Leapers, our free resources on freelancing.support, or our communities like Outside Perspective - we’ve been making freelancing work better for almost ten years.

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