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Simon Moore

Simon Moore is one of the UK’s most consistently published freelance journalists on freelancing,

self-employment and contractor issues, such as IR35, the Loan Charge and late payment.

Trained in News & Features writing by NCTJ-approved journalism tutors, Simon worked in the newsrooms of local, consumer and national press titles, before setting up his own editorial services company, Moore News Ltd.

The company’s clients include a FTSE-listed recruiter, a division of one of the ‘Big 4’ accountancy firms and the UK’s largest small business forum. Simon’s articles have been linked to by The Daily Telegraph and the biggest newspaper website in the world, MailOnline.

To say that half a million Brits are trapped freelancers is an oversimplification -- FCSA.

Thirty-somethings in the capital are putting their millions from IT into super homes.

Only one set of HMRC rates when on the road as a business, incorporated or not.

20th August, 2015 | Limited Companies

'Ongoing hike to road and air fares will majorly concern one-man bands.'

Accelerated Payment disputes set to heap more pressure on an already log-jammed system.

Rise in information leakage comes amid a call to send the worst offenders to jail.

The last piece of paper in the chain tends to have the final say about payment day.

18th August, 2015 | Successful Contracting

Tech consultancies named as the biggest providers of 'deficient' expertise.

Second successive fall in self-employment doesn't bode well for the 2m jobs target.

Deducting his staff's PAYE & NIC only to pocket it himself earns a payroll boss two years.

Too rich for my blood, say clients, facing annual rate rises of up to 27%.

Stress, cost and duration all going in the wrong direction for investigated taxpayers.

Why every UK agency contractor will automatically be 'SDC' and stripped of tax relief.

A small companies' champion gets rare access to the Revenue's nerve centre.

Taxman to hear in the 'strongest terms' how his IR35 plan would ruin the contractor market.

Lobbyist launches letter-writing campaign ahead of a major meeting next month. 

IT contractor demand still growing, albeit at its weakest rate for 25 months – REC.

Staffing giant succumbs, as its third attempt to quash a tax bill for 500,000 temps fails.

Web designer reassured that owning a domain isn’t the same as owning a trade mark.

6th August, 2015 | Successful Contracting

Final word before today's deadline on whether agencies' must report contractor pay details.

5th August, 2015 | Successful Contracting