Freelance Articles, New Features
PeoplePerHour is delighted to announce the creation of a number of attention-grabbing badges that you can now add to your websites and blogs! We noticed that many of our freelancers have been adding the PPH logo as a way of promoting their freelance services and we therefore decided to provide a variety of PPH badges [...]
Economy, Freelance Articles, General News
PeoplePerHour.com has now published the 4th of a series of Small Business Reviews, exposing UK council spend on third-party website agencies as “extreme and unnecessary”. The latest report, entitled “How the public sector is overspending”, analyzes and compares private and public sector spend on Web Services. The following results are based on our latest survey [...]
Freelance Articles, New Features
PeoplePerHour has begun this year’s summer with a fresh list of changes, all aimed at improving our users’ experience. Freelancers’ Service Fee Having spoken to a number of our freelancers, we realized that having a negative account balance once your bid is accepted could be quite nerve-racking and confusing. With that in mind, PeoplePerHour.com has, [...]
It’s normal for the jobbing freelancer to gleam information and advice from a variety of sources, and they often have to google specific terms to find what they’re looking for. But wouldn’t it be a lot easier if you had one simple handbook covering most of the issues that affect you? FreelanceAdvisor has released ‘the [...]
Employment, Freelance Articles
Does ‘freelance’ mean the same as ‘self-employed’ ? Both terms are widely misused and wrongfully treated as interchangeable. The word ‘freelance’ carries no legal definition whilst self-employed does (see below). Freelance is simply a term used to describe people working independently, which could be through a variety of legal entities/capacities: (i) as a sole trader [...]
CVs are a much written about subject, but what if you’re a freelancer working in the design industry? Greg Coley is the Creative Director of the VGroup agency and is perfectly placed to provide an insight into just what freelance designers need to do to get themselves noticed. The following are his views on creating [...]
Employment, Freelance Articles
We all know that freelancers aren’t like your normal employees – we’re a funny old bunch. But just like any employee we have specific rights laid out under the Working Time Directive; this legislation offers guidance on working hours, rest breaks and holiday entitlements. The Working Time Regulations entitle all Workers and Employees to: * [...]
Employment, Freelance Articles
In some cases it can be difficult for the jobbing freelancer to work out their employment status. Without a singular legal definition to easily establish your working status, sometimes you need extra help. This quick guide aims to clarify the issue: There are three different types of working individuals: * an Employee * a Worker [...]
The issue of what constitutes an expense, and what doesn’t, can be a minefield for any freelancer to negate. The following is a selective list of what expenses you can claim if you’re a freelancer working with limited company status. Bicycle expenses Freelancers and contractors who wish to travel the healthier way [...]
Entrepreneurship, Freelance Articles
Do you feel that the moment you have been dreaming about for so long has finally arrived? And are you up on cloud number 9 thinking that the timing just couldn’t be more perfect for starting up your own home business? Well best to step down to the ground, at least for a minute, and [...]
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