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Want to know what interest you can charge on late payments when working as a freelancer, contractor, or small business owner? This article explains what the rules are, and a few ways to get your money from difficult clients. Get paid what you’re owed!
We’ve all done it, yet most freelancers will have regretted it at some stage. Here's a few who have had enough of being asked to work for free.
We've put together this guide to help you make a claim on the government's Self-Employment Income Support Scheme aimed at sole traders and partnerships.
There have been a number of important changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJSR Furlough). Our guide explains what's changing and how to claim.
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From understanding expenses to starting a limited company, we’ve a range of jargon-free business guides for you to download and keep.
Work out your take-home pay, chase that unpaid invoice and calculate your IR35. Make running your business a breeze!
Picking the best card reader can be a time-consuming task. Here’s a look at what all the major providers offer.
If possible, you should always asked to be paid in your native currency, as an appropriate rate elsewhere can be a very low rate in the UK.
A businesses would typically provide a customer with a credit note when the amount on an invoice is disputed or incorrect. This might be due to an admin error, or because the customer requires a full or partial refund. Here are a couple of scenarios of when you might want to issue a credit note to a client.
What are zombie companies and are they necessarily bad for business and the economy? We take a close look at them and what to do if you become one.
When Matilde, owner of a social media consultancy business for SMEs, was faced with a client who wouldn’t pay up, she contacted Crunch Collections for help.
Case study: When a design agency was suffering with unpaid invoices it decided to enlist the help of Crunch Collections. Read the full story.
Our four top tips explore how contractors can get rate rises without jeopardising professional relationships with their clients.
Do you want to compete for a job, or do you prefer to bow out and leave the gig to your competitors? What do you do?
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