If you’re new to contracting, or thinking about going freelance, there’s advice from Lisa Keeble of Contractor Umbrella, an umbrella company.

Five easy steps

Our five-step guide to setting up as self-employed for the first time.

About your hourly rate and setting a charity discount for charities registered with people4charity.

We need to verify your right to work legally in the UK before you can begin a contract. On this page you’ll find all the information you need to supply us with.

Everything you need to know about invoicing, timesheets and Fasterpay.

On this page, we look at the implications of IR35 – rules that are designed to prevent tax avoidance by people acting as contractors when they are, in effect, employees. These rules can apply both to sole traders and to those operating through their own limited company.

If you are working through your own limited company, we recommend that you opt out of the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.

For all your contracts through people4 sites, you must be paid through a limited company.

If you're planning to go freelance or set up as a contractor for the first time, there's information and links on this page.

Our privacy policy for Sellers includes the use we make of the information we collect from you.

Sellers with ratings look far more professional than those without. You get ratings from Buyers for your people4 contracts.

Why not contact previous employers to provide retrospective ratings, for work you’ve done before you registered with us?

There’s a special offer on membership of the Profesional Contractors’ Group (PCG) for people4 Sellers.

If you are trading as a sole trader, you should be aware that, to comply with employment and tax legislation, all Sellers currently need to be paid through a limited company. This can be your own limited company, or an umbrella company, which will manage payments on your behalf, deducting tax and national insurance.

Subscribers get top position in all Buyer searches and a more prominent entry, with twice as much space for your ‘brief description’.

Subscription is currently £50.00 plus VAT for six months, £75.00 plus VAT for a year.

As a Seller, you must agree to our terms and conditions.

If you are a sole trader, you will need to be registered with an umbrella company, so that we can be sure you are meeting your tax obligations.