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TIDE WORKFORCE

Everything you need to pay freelancers and contractors. Plus earn rewards.

  • Get £250* for every contractor who successfully opens and funds a Tide account. 

  • They’ll earn £100 cashback** when they spend £500 on their Tide card within 90 days. 

Full Terms and Conditions apply.

*Reward subject to contractor successfully opening a Tide account and funding £100 in their Tide account in the first 30 days of account opening. Offer valid for referrals made until 31 December 2025.

**Contractor incentive (cashback reward) subject to contractor successfully opening a Tide account and spending £500 on their Tide card in the first 90 days of account opening. Offer valid until 31 December 2025.

Join over 2 million business owners today!

Serving over 15% of all SMEs in the UK, helping contractors, freelancers and scaling businesses get back to doing what they love.

Master your external workforce from one platform

Discover how our all-in-one platform makes managing your external workforce easy, covering everything from payments to smarter scheduling and admin.

One integrated platform, full control

Tide Workforce is built into your Tide account – no need to switch apps, no duplicate information.

Pay contractors your way

Send payments to your external workforce instantly, and on your own terms, to their Tide account or any UK bank.

Smarter scheduling, simpler admin

Automate tedious tasks - like rotas and contracts - so you can focus on your business. Gain more visibility and stay in control.

Start small, scale fast

With plans and tools built for every stage, Tide Workforce grows with you - no complicated upgrades, no disruptions.

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Note: Some features of Tide Workforce will not be available immediately and will be rolled out over the next few months.

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Everything became digital, and Tide just made it so easy. Everything was easy to set up. We didn't need tremendous amounts of paperwork or history to set up an account.

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We understand businesses, it's all we do

Tide is built by business owners for business owners. That’s why we’re trusted by over 2 million sole traders, freelancers, and limited companies worldwide.

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Tide Platform Limited (Tide) designs and operates the Tide website and app. Tide is not a bank. Tide is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 under firm reference number 900843 for the issuing of electronic money and the provision of payment initiation services and account information services under the Payment Services Regulations 2017. Tide is also authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to its credit and insurance broking activities (firm reference 718743). Tide is incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 09595646 and registered office at 4th Floor The Featherstone Building, 66 City Road, London, EC1Y 2AL. Tide offers bank accounts powered by ClearBank® Ltd (ClearBank) (account sort code is 04-06-05). ClearBank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority under registration number 754568. Eligible deposits with ClearBank are protected up to a total of £120,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK's deposit guarantee scheme. For further information visit Home. ClearBank Ltd is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register number: 754568). Registered Address: ClearBank, Level 27, The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2EW. Eligible deposits held in the Tide Business Current Account (powered by ClearBank) are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (“FSCS”) subject to eligibility. All eligible deposits at the same bank are aggregated to determine the coverage level for each depositor up to £120,000, therefore if you have any other product/services with ClearBank these will be aggregated. To find out more and to check your eligibility please visit: About us . Some of Tide’s members also hold e-money accounts powered by PrePay Technologies Limited (PPT) (account sort code is 23-69-72). PPT is an electronic money institution authorised by the FCA under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 under firm reference number 900010 for the issuing of electronic money. PPT holds an amount equivalent to the money in Tide current accounts in a safeguarding account which gives members protection against PPT’ insolvency. Tide Cards may be issued by both Tide and PPT, who are licensed by Mastercard International for the issuance of cards. The issuer of your Tide card will be identified on your monthly card statement. Tide Capital Limited is an appointed representative of P1 Investment Services Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 752005 to carry out such regulated activities as are involved in the provision of Tide Investment Account. Seccl Custody Limited is the custodian of assets held in Tide Investment Account and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 793200) and registered in England and Wales under No. 10430958. Registered office 20 Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1JW. Tide, the Tide logo, the Swell, and Do Less Banking are trademarks and trade names of Tide Platform Limited, and may not be used or reproduced without the consent of the owner.