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Personal finance

If you're working through an umbrella company and looking for your perfect mortgage, we have the answer for you.

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Personal finance

Reaching financial independence is a matter of patience, persistence, and the aggregation of marginal gains.

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Personal finance

We all know that there’s no such thing as a get rich quick scheme, but that doesn’t mean becoming a millionaire isn’t within your grasp.

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Running a business

Wrestling champion. Box Office sensation. President? How your business can harness the magnetism of Dwayne Johnson.

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News and opinion

A number of lenders are now looking to actively support self-employed mortgage applicants by making it easier and quicker for them to get a mortgage

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News and opinion

Crunch have won awards ever since our inception in 2009 - here's a complete rundown of every award we've won.

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Tax

Cryptocurrency is becoming more and more popular, but what's HMRC position on it, and can self-employed people do business with it?

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News and opinion

Crunch has been competing with Quickbooks and Xero for over a decade. They may be bigger, but we're certain we're better!

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News and opinion

Getting a self-employed mortgage isn't hard, especially when you ask the right people for help - like Crunch Mortgages!

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Personal finance

HMRC will allow you to apply for the fifth and final COVID-19 Self-Employed Income Support Scheme grant (SEISS) in July 2021.

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News and opinion

Crunch nominated for gongs including Accounting Tech of the Year and Best Customer Service at the UK FinTech Awards / Brighton & Hove Business Awards.

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News and opinion

Starting or running a business, and need tips? Want to network with fellow self-employed workers? Find out what events are coming up.

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