Most freelancers use either day rates (charging by time spent) or quote a project fee for an agreed outcome (value pricing). There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches depending on your role, level of experience and how tightly the project is defined.

When you first start freelancing you need to be persuasive to encourage a business to hire you, and you need to be resilient as you may have a few knockbacks.

Late payment can be a real headache for freelancers. Here's some tips to ensure you get paid promptly:

There are many different types of insurance. A few of them will be needed when you first start freelancing but as you expand your business you may need to add more.

Freelance contractors often ask whether they can take out a policy to cover only the period of their contract.

Buying online is, generally, cheaper but please read the small print!

As a contractor, you'll already have professional indemnity insurance so why would you buy cyber cover?