Sick of doing your accounting? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. According to a report by Nesta, almost 1 in 5 self-employed people in the UK have been so stressed by their financial paperwork that they’ve become unwell. And before you start shouting things about people needing to pull themselves together, consider this: the same report […]
“Ten years ago the majority of businesses cited local staff as their main source of employees,” says PeoplePerHour founder, Xenios Thrasyvoulou. “Now the majority cite freelancers as their main source of hiring. This turnaround has been rapid and the change has taken some by surprise – perhaps this accounts for the recent fracas around the […]
We’re always delighted to be able to share some of our clients’ start-up stories, whether they’re building Darth Vader-related hi-fi equipment or powering the Belfast tech scene. This week’s chat is a genuinely great story, and we’re thrilled to be able to support Matthew Daniels – an independent business consultant based in Birmingham who is currently […]
One of the most effective ways of reaching a new audience and spreading word of your expertise is to take full advantage of Facebook’s marketing tools. The problem is that, to the newbie, it can look quite daunting. Since it’s one of the ways we reach new clients, we thought we’d give you a quick […]
The world of self-employment and tax is a crazy one at the moment. One minute you think you’re going to be paying extra dollops of national insurance, and the next you’re part of a huge U-turn. It’s all you can do to keep up. While the government works out what they want to do, we […]
Never has a budget announcement been so pertinent to the freelance and self-employed community. With headlines across the press claiming that the chancellor has launched an all-out attack on the independent workforce, we caught up with Kenny Fitzgerald at My Accountant Friend to find out how this budget will affect his clients, and whether it’s really […]
Making good use of the digital marketing tools available to freelancers is something we’re always interested in. In the past, we’ve chatted with a variety of clients and friends on this blog, and this week we were delighted to catch up with Matt Pike of Buckets & Spades to find out whether there’s any truth to the […]
It suddenly feels like an unusual time to be a freelancer in the UK. From week to week, the variety of mixed messages coming out of Westminster – with regard to self-employment, freelancing or working as an SME – can leave you feeling embattled and supported in almost equal measure. Aside from last week’s IR35 […]
Following a late night session earlier this month, HMRC announced new and fairly concerning directives on taxation for freelancers classed as ‘PSC’. Determined not to get caught out, we asked Kenny Fitzgerald of My Accountant Friend to see if he could shed a little light on the subject. What in the blazes is a PSC? […]