Have you got a tax hangover?

If you were one of the many people who left everything to the 31st January tax return deadline, you might now be recovering from what I call the tax hangover. It’s caused by a mixture of adrenaline, that feeling of wooziness because you’re not quite sure if you did everything right, coupled with relief that

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Posted on 12 February 2019

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (London)

Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through redundancy and want to set up as self-employed, this is the course you can’t afford to miss.  It’s particularly aimed at creative people, production folk and anyone who feels like running for the hills when they hear the words ‘tax return’. No previous knowledge of self-employment is

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Posted on 21 November 2018

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (London)

Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through redundancy and want to set up as self-employed, this is the course you can’t afford to miss.  It’s particularly aimed at creative people, production folk and anyone who feels like running for the hills when they hear the words ‘tax return’. No previous knowledge of self-employment is

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Posted on 21 November 2018

Budget 2018 – what does it mean for freelancers and self-employed?

I’m writing this just as the Chancellor sits down from delivering his 2018 budget. It was heavy going, mainly because his jokes were so awful. What he covered in the speech is only the tip of the iceberg. More detail will drip out as we trawl through the big Budget Red Book. What I can

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Posted on 29 October 2018

New simplified cash flow planner for freelancers

I’ve been going through cash flow planning with sole traders now for nearly 15 years, and it’s a great way to plan how to not run out of the money. A cash flow sheet

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Posted on 01 October 2018

Government abandons abolition of self-employed national insurance

Well. Would you Adam and Eve it. After 2 years of toing and froing over Class 2 national insurance, the government has announced sole traders will continue to pay it after all.

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Posted on 10 September 2018

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (London)

Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through redundancy and want to set up as self-employed, this is the course you can’t afford to miss.  It’s particularly aimed at creative people, production folk and anyone who feels like running for the hills when they hear the words ‘tax return’. No previous knowledge of self-employment is

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Posted on 01 August 2018

Do freelancers need a special kind of bank?

Banking is undergoing something of a quiet revolution. There are two main reasons for this: 1/ Since the financial crash of 2007/8 new banks have been encouraged to challenge the high street brands that got us into such a mess.

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Posted on 26 February 2018

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (London)

Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through redundancy and want to set up as self-employed, this is the course you can’t afford to miss.  It’s particularly aimed at creative people, production folk and anyone who feels like running for the hills when they hear the words ‘tax return’. No previous knowledge of self-employment is

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Posted on 15 November 2017

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (London)

Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through redundancy and want to set up as self-employed, this is the course you can’t afford to miss.  It’s particularly aimed at creative people, production folk and anyone who feels like running for the hills when they hear the words ‘tax return’. No previous knowledge of self-employment is

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Posted on 15 November 2017