A selection of business news and articles to help make your business a success
On 23 September 2022, Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Chancellor (the fifth in as many years) delivered a Tax Cutting “Fiscal Event” or Mini-Budget to help boost economic growth. This was in line with promises made by the new Prime Minister Liz Truss when she was campaigning...
Self-assessment is an annual event, and it is always towards the back end of the year that you need to start thinking about it. Many people will already be registered for self-assessment, but there are others who will need to register for the first time this year,...
Spreadsheets. Funny, how such a little word can send huge shivers down the spine. Nobody disputes the value of digital organisation. The horror stems from Excel's strong association with bookkeeping – a process most business owners find bland, repetitive and...
It’s safe to say that a lot of freelancers, contractors and entrepreneurs come across a few key business labels they’re unaware of. Quite often, too, these relate to the most fundamental parts of what you do. ‘Bookkeeping’ and ‘accounting’ might be the biggest areas...
April is right around the corner, and with it comes a new tax year. For freelancers and contractors, the end of the financial year can be incredibly stressful – especially when the final figures aren’t adding up and there are a few receipts you can’t quite make heads...
Some principles of your business will never change: the monitoring of incomings and outgoings; tax submissions; collating your transactional evidence through the year. However, the means of doing so are being digitised and simplified, evolving with the pace of our...
Millions of people ply their skills as a contractor, working on jobs for several weeks or months at a time. For professionals who want the freedom of self-employment, without the administrative burden that comes with it, operating under an umbrella company is a...
Halloween is almost here. Whatever your darkest fears may be, we bet that losing control of your finances is one of them. Bookkeeping can make the best of us howl furiously at the moon, but it’s essential to exorcise those demons if you want to stay on top of your...
The grass is greener, they often say, on the other side. In terms of making a living for yourself, that ‘other side’ can seem like an alien dimension – although self-employment figures are skyrocketing thanks to cheap technology and a flexible work culture, actually...
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