As if the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic isn’t enough to contend with, professionals must now also ramp up defences against a rise in COVID-themed phishing and cyber attacks. Read More
Chasing late payments is a real pain, and a frustrating drain on your time and energy. That said, it’s crucial for protecting cash flow and keeping your business operating. Read More
Data from a Simply Business survey reveals over 40% of freelancers have done work for free. That’s a significant number of freelancers providing time and expertise for no payment. Read More
After a difficult year for most people, many freelancers are looking for ways to support their income over the holiday period.
Taking parental leave as a freelancer is quite a different experience than doing so while employed. The rules about leave and pay are slightly different. Read More
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a government initiative to generate a fully digital, paperless tax system. Initially introduced for VAT-paying businesses, it will soon extend to taxpayers using Self Assessment – which inevitably affects freelancers!
There are the enjoyable parts of going freelance and being your own boss. There are also the boring bits which you’d rather avoid, but sadly they’re still just as important.
There are many perks that come as part and parcel of the freelance life – director of your own time, artistic autonomy, control of the purse strings and nobody to answer to when you want to take the afternoon off to spend horizontal on the sofa.
You won’t need us to tell you that today, the price of things just keep on going up and up but income seems to stay lagging behind. We’re spending more but we’re not making more. Read More
