According to the Office for National statistics, the number of people classed as self-employed in the UK stood at around 4.6 million in 2015. Many of those people are working in the so-called gig economy. There are various drivers behind this trend, including lack of long-term job security in traditional employment and ways modern communications have broken the connection between ‘job’ and ‘location.’ While the gig economy offers working freedom beyond that available in the normal 9 to 5, there are still rules and regulations that must be obeyed. You’re mostly free to work for whom you want, wherever you [...]

A lot of people on the Internet think they have the ultimate solution for how to deal with debt. Some of these strategies are inherently more effective than other. But then there are also things that just don’t work well at all. Here are some “right” and “wrong” ways to get out of debt.[adrotate group="4"] Good Way: Use a Debt Repayment Strategy There’s lots of advice out there for what’s the best way to pay down your debt. Two of the most popular methods are the Snowball and Avalanche approaches. These both have consumers pay off one debt at a [...]