Creative Design + The Force = Awesome Star Wars Guitars!

Star Wars has lent its brand to innumerable companies and products over its history (those awful Yoda-Vodafone ads as the most recent example), but this latest piece of innovation might just be the best thing to happen to the franchise since Disney bought out George Lucas and announced a new raft of films.

Freelancers in demand as budgets are cut - report

A report named Design Industry Voices, compiled with information from nearly five hundred staff in digital agencies has revealed that the use of freelancers is on the increase.

Twitter posts meagre £16,000 profit in the UK despite rumours of $11bn flotation

Despite growing rumours circulating around Twitter's expected foray into the New York Stock Exchange in 2013, the micro-blogging service has released a dismal financial result for their UK operations.

Update your Profile today, Employers are looking for you!

With our site overhaul imminent, we suggest all of our freelancers to update their profiles as we kick-start digital freelancing in 2013.

Happy New Year, freelancers!

Unfortunately, 2013 is not the Year of the Chameleon.

As part of our ongoing revamp, CreativesRus.com's new site will soon launch under a sleek new guise, minus a certain chameleon as cover star and face of the brand as our reptilian friend moves into an admin role.

Our web designers are currently making some tweaks to the site to make our database even more freelancer-friendly and a more streamlined, effective tool for employers to find great staff. All current profiles will carry over into our exciting new format, making your CV and portfolio more enticing than ever.

We at CreativesRus.com are tremendously excited for what 2013 will hold. With more profiles created every day, with skills ranging from graphic design to web development, our site is unique tool to UK freelancers that is beginning to really reach its potential.


Making the most of your profile in 2013

• Upload your CV and portfolio alongside your profile. 
• Highlight your main achievements in your personal statement
• Employers are seeking the very best freelancers out there who are experts within their field. When it comes to listing the type of work you can do, champion your specialisms to stand out.
• Hiring companies log-on to the site every day scouring for talented freelancers like you, so ensure your contact details are up-to-date - a perfect new role could just be a phone-call away!

Apple join Britain's growing list of US tax-avoiders

Software giant Apple is among several American multinational companies pinpointed by the Guardian newspaper as avoiding paying the full amount of tax. Despite generating more than $36 billion in overseas profit in 2012, Apple paid less than 2% tax on that figure.

UK’s youngsters top European mobile net users

According to a study by Neilsen, the UK is the number one market in Europe for mobile Internet usage. 

The study showed that of mobile users in the 15-24 bracket, 46% had used mobile Internet in the last 30 days. The findings were gathered in Neilsen’s Mobile Youth Around the World study.

According to the report: “Among European youth, those in the UK are more likely to use mobile internet, with over 20% more usage than other European countries,”

Within the same age range, 24% had utilized mobile Internet in the same period, with 21% in Spain and 20% in Germany.

Instant messaging and email were also reported to be increasingly popular amongst young mobile users, with 22% and 23% respectively using the features through the same period.