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5 Ways To Source Freelance Work

5 Ways To Source Freelance Work

Finding work as a contractor or freelancer is different to discovering permanent jobs. Once you’ve found one client, you’ll still be on the lookout for more. The trouble is, sourcing freelance work can prove tricky. To help you out, we’ve put together five different...

How To Solve Potential Problems When Working From Home

How To Solve Potential Problems When Working From Home

The prospect of working from home as a contractor or freelancer may sound like bliss. There are no co-workers, no commute, no rules...but it's not all sunshine and roses. Many who switch to self-employment often experience frustration, discontent or a dip in...

Summertime Slump: How To Deal With A Low Workload

Summertime Slump: How To Deal With A Low Workload

As a contractor or freelancer, you’ll find that projects are often delayed in the summer due to clients going away or taking time out with the kids. Whilst it’s nice not to be overwhelmed by a high workload, a few quiet months can cause the money stream to stop. And...

Routes To Self-Employment: Which One Should You Choose?

Routes To Self-Employment: Which One Should You Choose?

There’s a lot to take into account when going down the path of self-employment. This includes the operational structure of your business and how you’ll pay tax, which seems like a whole other world when you’ve spent most of your career as an employee. You may have...

Picking A Pension & Making The Most Of It

Picking A Pension & Making The Most Of It

Being a contractor or freelancer, it’s important to have funds available in your bank account, just in case. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t make other types of savings, such as pensions.  The day you finally get to take a dip from the pot may be far away, but...

3 Financial Secrets Of Working From Home

3 Financial Secrets Of Working From Home

If you’ve decided to work from home as a contractor or freelancer, you’ll be enjoying several great advantages already. You're never late for work, for one thing. Nonetheless, home working isn’t just beneficial for those who’ve previously battled traffic woes; it also...

Breaking Down Contractor Insurance: What’s It All About?

Breaking Down Contractor Insurance: What’s It All About?

When starting out as a contractor or freelancer, there are a lot of new, big, scary decisions to make. Picking the right form of business insurance is a perfect example. This applies to anyone who sets up as a limited company contractor, and our latest blog post...

How To Shape Up Your Earnings Model For The New Tax Year

How To Shape Up Your Earnings Model For The New Tax Year

Every freelancer and contractor is out to make as much money as possible; and scrutinising your financial success in previous years can steer you towards higher profits. April is the time of year where one tax season rolls into another, rendering it the perfect month...

Spring Clean Your Finances With These Top Tips

Spring Clean Your Finances With These Top Tips

The changeover in financial year always coincides with the changeover in seasons. As winter becomes spring, we bid goodbye to cold weather within weeks of setting up fresh accounts. It’s a hopeful time for freelancers everywhere – and the perfect point at which to...

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