Finance for Freelancers (BECTU/Prospect)

Online and interactive This session will work best if you switch on your camera and audio. There are some fun interactive exercises, and it will help with your networking. Please note Zoom meeting details will be sent out approximately 1 hour before the session. We suggest you get ready by ensuring you have the most

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Posted on 07 January 2022

Finance for Freelancers (BECTU/Prospect)

Online and interactive This session will work best if you switch on your camera and audio. There are some fun interactive exercises, and it will help with your networking. Please note Zoom meeting details will be sent out approximately 1 hour before the session. We suggest you get ready by ensuring you have the most

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Posted on 07 January 2022

Finance for Freelancers (BECTU/Prospect)

Online and interactive This session will work best if you switch on your camera and audio. There are some fun interactive exercises, and it will help with your networking. Please note Zoom meeting details will be sent out approximately 1 hour before the session. We suggest you get ready by ensuring you have the most

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Posted on 07 January 2022

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (2-day workshop)

We have a special voluntary fee pricing policy for this course. This is for people who have no access to training funds or want to delay payment until their finances are on a firmer footing. Details below. [Please only book if you’re free on both mornings.] Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through

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Posted on 18 November 2021

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (2-day workshop)

We have a special voluntary fee pricing policy for this course. This is for people who have no access to training funds or want to delay payment until their finances are on a firmer footing. Details below. [Please only book if you’re free on both mornings.] Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through

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Posted on 20 September 2021

What does the new Health and Social Care Levy mean for freelancers? Answer: NOTHING!

[Big update: The Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced on 22 September 2022 that this new levy for the NHS has been abolished. As of 6 November 2022 National Insurance increases have therefore been reversed. (They applied only between July-October 2022.) This blog is now of historical interest only!] The Westminster government invented a new tax

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Posted on 09 September 2021

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

[NB – please only book if you’re free on both mornings.] 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 anyone who feels like running for the hills when they hear the words ‘tax return’.

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Posted on 06 August 2021

Video explainer: How do deductions work?

This video uses out-of-date percentages for tax and NI rates. But the principal of what happens when is unchanged. If you work for someone else they will make deductions from your pay if you’re paid PAYE. If you’re self-employed you sort out the deductions yourself. This video explainer looks at how the money flows.

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Posted on 02 August 2021

Beyond Redundancy: Setting up as a Sole Trader (2-day workshop)

We have a special voluntary fee pricing policy for this course. This is for people who have no access to training funds or want to delay payment until their finances are on a firmer footing. Details below. [Please only book if you’re free on both mornings.] Who’s it aimed at? If you’ve been employed, are going through

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Posted on 21 July 2021

Finance for Freelancers (BECTU/Prospect)

Online and interactive This session will work best if you switch on your camera and audio. There are some fun interactive exercises, and it will help with your networking. Please note Zoom meeting details will be sent out approximately 1 hour before the session. We suggest you get ready by ensuring you have the most

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Posted on 05 July 2021