One community, one voice.
If you work for yourself – whether you call yourself a freelancer, contractor, self-employed, sole trader or side hustler – IPSE exists to fight your corner.
As the UK’s only not-for-profit trade association dedicated exclusively to the self-employed, IPSE brings self-employed individuals from a wide range of industries together to speak with one united voice.
Campaigning in the heart of Westminster and beyond, IPSE protects the self-employed from harmful legislation and works across the political spectrum to secure a fairer and more prosperous environment for the future of self-employment.
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We build relationships with industry partners to ensure self-employed voices are heard with key players outside of government, pushing for higher standards and better treatment of self-employed suppliers.
And we are one of the UK’s leading sources of research into self-employment, landing headlines and shaping policy by offering some of the most authoritative and up-to-date insight into today’s self-employed landscape.
Our vision for the future of self-employment is one where you get paid on time; where you get a fair deal on tax and finance; and where your status and rights as a self-employed individual are respected and protected.
Help us make it happen by becoming a member – we may work alone, but our voices are stronger together.
Find out more about the work we are doing in our policy team >
IPSE's Policy and Research Committee
IPSE’s Policy and Research Committee (PRC) was set up to enable members to feed in directly to our policy work and help us design our research projects. The PRC remains an integral link between IPSE’s membership and the work of the team to deliver research-backed policy recommendations that benefit UK freelancers.
“There’s quite a lot of resources, in terms of thinking about how you pitch your work, don’t get paid late or whatever it might be.”
"As an IPSE member I rest easy knowing that support is just a phone call away. It's an essential part of my business set-up!"
“I wish I’d known about IPSE when I first started as a freelancer because it would have really helped me make those difficult decisions.”
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- Business Hub
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- Member directory
- Campaigning
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- Contract failure cover up to £1,000
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You run your business as a Limited company.
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Benefits include:
- Tax and legal helplines
- IPSE Offers
- Unlimited co-working
- Business Hub
- Events, networking & training
- Member directory
- Campaigning
- Advice and guidance
- Discounted contract review
- 1-2-1 Success Sessions
- Illness and injury cover up to £2,000
- Jury service cover up to £5,000 per claim
- Tax & VAT investigation cover of legal fees up to £100k, £500 per day for loss of earnings up to £1,500
- Managed service company cover
- Contract failure cover up to £1,000
- Tax pre-dispute cover
- End client or agency failure cover up to £10k for loss of earnings
- Member support programme
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Benefits include:
- Tax and legal helplines
- IPSE Offers
- Unlimited co-working
- Business Hub
- Events, networking & training
- Member directory
- Campaigning
- Advice and guidance
- Discounted contract review
- 1-2-1 Success Sessions
