As we head into 2021, we re fast approaching a full year where contractors and freelancers have effectively been left out in the cold.
The self-employed have been hit hard by the pandemic with recent research from the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) showing government support is not having much of an effect on the sector s fortunes.
They found the number of solo self-employed workers in the UK has fallen by five percent compared to last year.
Additionally, around 591,000 people became self-employed between 2019 and late 2020 and given the rules around SEISS, none of them would have been able to benefit from the support.