The right time to quite your job and go freelance When you have a plan:: even though the best laid plans often go awry, you need a basic outline of what wrk you’ll do and how you’re going to get clients as a freelancer. What work will you do? How will you find new customers? How will … Read more
Write yourself a business plan Know your ‘pitch’ practise telling the story of what it is you offer and how it’s different from competitors. Price your work or hourly rate: Work out how much you will charge for your products (wholesle and retail) or services on an hourly/daily basis. Promote your products or services: Create a website … Read more
The U.S. freelance workforce has grown to 56.7 million people, up 3.7 million since 2014, according to the fifth annual Freelancing in America study, commissioned by Upwork and Freelancers Union When you consider some of the most popular reasons to start a freelance business, it’s no wonder that freelancers are everywhere. Having a … Read more
Are you just a freelancer? Chances are, the answer to that question, is no. Think about it – you are a freelance business owner and as such, you fulfil many different roles: You are a marketing expert You are an accountant, You are a supervisor. You play some extremely vital parts to run and successfully sustain your … 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
Who exactly are Revolut? Launched in July 2015 $1.7 billion valuation (Q1 2018) 850+ employees globally 5,000,000+ retail customers 100,000+ business customers $50+ billion transaction volume | $5.7b monthly Fastest growing FinTech in Europe $336 million raised from leading investors Is Revolut a bank? Revolut is NOT a bank. It is an “Electronic Money Institution”. … 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
Crunch accounting is an online accountancy service – with a difference. Where as with a pure online accounting software, which requires you to input all of your income and outgoings and relying on yourself to make sure you’re reporting in the correct way, Crunch has a team of accountants waiting at the end of the … 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