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Why employing freelancers boosts business productivity, profit and employment growth

When at least 11% of freelancers make up a business’s work...

Written by Katherine Ducie
November 3, 2020

Winter Work Plan, how will it support the self-employed?

After cancelling this year’s Autumn Budget, the chancellor...

Written by Katherine Ducie
October 5, 2020

Contractor opportunities increase as phase 1 of HS2 gets underway

HS2 has announced that 22,000 jobs will be created by the co...

Written by Katherine Ducie
September 30, 2020

What are the changes to self-employed tax and how will they affect you?

The government has recently announced that a number of chang...

Written by Katherine Ducie
September 24, 2020

Who Needs Professional Indemnity Insurance?

Do I need Professional Indemnity Insurance? Most businesses...

Written by Katherine Ducie
December 19, 2017

Advice for a Contractor Leaving Their Contract Early

Contractors are often afraid of leaving their contract early...

Written by Katherine Ducie
December 15, 2017

A Guide to Expenses for Contractors

With contracting comes freedom and responsibility. It can be...

Written by Katherine Ducie
October 9, 2017

This Sports Day was NOT for kids

Work hard, play hard. That’s the motto Caunce O’Hara pla...

Written by Katherine Ducie
October 5, 2017

5 things to look for in a contract

Can you believe it, it’s back to school already? Did anyon...

Written by Katherine Ducie
September 7, 2017

Ziferblat’s Top Freelancer Hacks: How to Make the Most of Co-working Communities

Just decided to go freelance and looking at how to build you...

Written by Katherine Ducie
July 4, 2017

Insurance Premium Tax is on the rise… But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered

As you may be aware Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, announced i...

Written by Katherine Ducie
May 9, 2017

Three checks to make when Spring cleaning your documents

A spring clean is related to sprucing up your ...

Written by Katherine Ducie
April 6, 2017

5 Steps to Spring cleaning your workplace

You’re waking up feeling that bit brighter, the journey ho...

Written by Katherine Ducie
April 6, 2017

A 6 Step Guide to making a claim against your Personal Accident and Sickness Insurance

As a freelancer or self-employed contractor being too ill to...

Written by Katherine Ducie
February 21, 2017

What you need to know about Professional Indemnity Claims

Professional Indemnity insurance provides you with cover sho...

Written by Katherine Ducie
February 14, 2017

Megatrends…..what are they?

Megatrends…..what are they? Megatrends are transformable g...

Written by Katherine Ducie
January 30, 2017

SME Trends of 2017

Contributing 47% of revenue to the UK economy, small and med...

Written by Katherine Ducie
January 16, 2017

Freelance Trends 2017

January has arrived and along with it brings reflections of ...

Written by Katherine Ducie
January 9, 2017

We’re here to help social workers

In July 2015, Caunce O’Hara we received a number of calls ...

Written by Katherine Ducie
August 15, 2015