This could be one of the most exciting or terrifying times in your business. It’s probably a bit of both. You’ve decided to go freelance despite all the worry and the warnings. Now you’ve got to decide what to call yourself.
Author: Kara Copple
Kara Copple
An experienced business and finance writer, sometimes moonlighting as a fiction writer and blogger.
There’s a lot of talk online about evil clients, it seems everyone has had one. But what about freelancers? We can sometimes forget that freelancers can make mistakes too.
So you’re thinking of going freelance? Or maybe you’re already a freelancer and have been trying to bury your head in the sand over finances. You wouldn’t be the first.
George Osbourne has announced plans for a new Lifetime ISA as part of his Budget 2016. The purpose of it is to encourage people to save which is something many tend to struggle with, especially young people.
Freelancing is becoming an increasingly popular option for people and can be a good career move for introverts because of the freedom of working for yourself.
It is inevitable that some months will be quieter than others if you are a freelancer. This is very common no matter what area of freelancing you work in. Freelancing by its very nature is unpredictable.
A virtual office is the new solution that many freelancers and small businesses are turning to. For some people it’s a happy medium between a home office and a rented office.
So you’re good at this Self-Assessment thing. You’ve stored every invoice, receipt, bill and statement in colour coded folders that are organised by month. You know exactly what you’re doing; you just have to put the numbers in the right places. Simple!
It’s that time of year. You’re either not working or just pretending to, ignoring the fact that time spent eating your way through that giant tub of Celebrations = time spent working x 2.
Drone deliveries, we’ve been encouraged to believe, are the (near) future. But is there a dark side to these flying marvels? It appears there is…
