Freelancing as a limited company: when is it right?
There are a number of factors that cause people to shift to limited company structures. It’s important to consider all of them before taking the plunge.
READ MORE >Posted on 15 May 2020
Controlling Freelance Finances (BECTU Vision – Scotland)
In this 75 minute webinar, we look at ways to assess your current situation, set budgets, estimate future finances, and navigate the government support schemes. There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the session. You will also get access to a wealth of further information and templates to help you keep your own
READ MORE >Posted on 12 May 2020
Controlling Freelance Finances (BECTU)
In this 60 minute webinar, we look at ways to assess your current situation, set budgets, estimate future finances, and navigate the government support schemes. There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the session. You will also get access to a wealth of further information and templates to help you keep your own
READ MORE >Posted on 01 May 2020
Controlling Freelance Finances (BECTU)
In this 60 minute webinar, we look at ways to assess your current situation, set budgets, estimate future finances, and navigate the government support schemes. There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the session. You will also get access to a wealth of further information and templates to help you keep your own
READ MORE >Posted on 01 May 2020
What’s it like to furlough yourself?
The government’s voluntary furloughing scheme for employers opened for business on Monday 20 April. Within a day the government reported 140,000 employers had logged on to reclaim money for furloughed staff. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on gov.uk > Any employer can apply to furlough employees, and that includes freelancers who run a company and take
READ MORE >Posted on 23 April 2020
Ltd Company Freelancers: pathways to support
If you’re worried about your finances and wondering what support may be available to you, this page suggests a number of steps to take. 1 – How do you take your income? Directors of small limited companies typically take income from their company in two ways:
READ MORE >Posted on 14 April 2020
Sole Trader freelancers: pathways to support
If you’re worried about your finances and wondering what support may be available to you, this page suggests a number of steps to take. 1 – How long have you been a sole trader? If you are registered as a sole trader, the government calls you ‘self-employed’.
READ MORE >Posted on 14 April 2020
Survive and Thrive as a Freelancer (NUJ Training Wales): WEBINAR
Many people enjoy what a freelance life can offer. Choice and flexibility. But with these comes the need to be organised and on top of your finances. Already working in a rapidly changing media environment, with no guarantee of ‘a job’ in the industry, now more than ever freelance journalists find themselves in a precarious
READ MORE >Posted on 14 April 2020
Freelancers and the Coronavirus Loan Schemes
The loan schemes are aimed at people who run businesses, where there is a problem with cashflow because of the pandemic. This technically includes freelancers who are sole traders, in partnerships or run their own limited companies. All are types of business in the UK. There are two main loan schemes: The Coronavirus Business Interruption
READ MORE >Posted on 13 April 2020
Freelancers and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
If you have been receiving income through payroll systems, under PAYE, the new Job Retention Scheme might help you. This scheme is being wound down through July – September 2021. This page refers to the scheme is it worked through 2020. This is the scheme that’s often referred to as ‘furloughing’. But there are a
READ MORE >Posted on 13 April 2020
