The gig economy is the rising labor market that hires temporary, contracted workers instead of traditional employees. Companies are outsourcing tasks to already-trained, nonbenefited workers, and workers have a chance to work for multiple companies in temporary positions and quick gigs or to fulfill ongoing work. There are a lot of mixed feelings about the … Read more
If you’ve never experienced this type of inflationary pressure when I’m working for an agency, and there is a real problem. So we’re going to talk about why what inflation means to an agency, what we can do, and most importantly, what I think we can do about it, because we do talk about why … Read more
Prioritise Your Course Never lose sight of why you’re at university in the first place. While freelancing alongside studies can bring in some extra cash, ultimately you’re there to get a degree. Don’t forget to actually study. Finding Freelance Work as a Student Sites such as Job Rapido, Brand Republic and the vast Guardian Jobs … Read more
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.429180!/file/Working.as.self.employed.or.freelance.pdf https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/imports/fileManager/AGCAS%20Self-employment.pdf Self-employment Why do it? The definition of self-employment is ‘starting and running a successful business or social enterprise’. Many famous companies began this way as visionary men and women patented an invention, created a company or registered a brand. Although an excellent business idea plays a key role in the ultimate success of … Read more
this is a three-part webinar series called bootstrap freelancing the first part is gonna be aa on how to start your freelancing business if you don’t know me my name is Chad Fullerton I’m from the Hamilton freelancers Association and run my own company my own marketing company called Fullerton media and also a website … Read more
launching a creative start-up – from securing funding to how to make those all-important contacts… GETTING STARTED I’ve got an idea for a web-based service/e-commerce site but finding it hard to start that journey towards making it a reality – and very daunting! Do you have any sources you can share for information and inspiration? Donna … Read more
If you’re self-employed, your business will have various running costs. You can deduct some of these costs to work out your taxable profit as long as they’re allowable expenses. ExampleYour turnover is £40,000, and you claim £10,000 in allowable expenses. You only pay tax on the remaining £30,000 – known as your taxable profit. Allowable … Read more
Bookkeeping and financial reporting is not my favourite activity as a freelancer, but thankfully there is a range of fantastic online accounting software to make this stressful part of the job much easier, so you can focus on doing the freelance work you love. The best online accounting software makes it easy for you to … Read more