Lillie Topham is a professional vocalist based in Hull, East Yorkshire. Over 17 years she's performed at hundreds of weddings, corporate events and live shows — working with agencies including Kingston Artistes, Pure Global, Apple, Angle and One Eye Entertainment, and performing live at events including the Hull Christmas Lights switch-on at Hull City Hall.

She knows the gigging life from the inside: the late-night drives home, the WhatsApp threads with three different agencies, the mileage you forget to log, and the self-assessment return that sneaks up every January. It was that experience — and years of managing her own gig finances with a patchwork of spreadsheets and notes apps — that led her to co-create Gigflow with her husband Sam.

Lillie writes about the financial and practical side of life as a freelance performer. Not theory — real experience, from someone who's lived it.