Monthly Archives: July 2020

Dishonest Work-From-Home Job Descriptions on Sites Like Craigslist

Over the past five years, the remote work industry has grown by 44%. This means more and more people desire flexible work-from-home options. Unfortunately, the demand for more work-at-home jobs paves the way for more job scams to occur. Some scammers use job listings to gain sensitive personal information or even to conduct crimes like fraud. […]

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Sherry Coutu: ‘I’m probably on LinkedIn for two hours a day’

Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome to the second series of Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk. Today’s episode features Sherry Coutu, a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and one of the leading names in the UK digital sector.
We talk about tips for investment pitches, time management and difficulties in the tech sector.
Have a listen to it in the media player below.

You can also catch our episodes with:

Entrepreneur and former Dragon, Rachel Elnaugh
Businesswoman and Dragon, Deborah Meaden
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2005 candidate, Tim Campbell
Gousto CEO, Timo Boldt
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2018 candidate, Jackie Fast
Investor and former Dragon, Piers Linney
Investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick
Supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice

We’ve got podcast episodes from the first series looking at:

How one business owner’s mental breakdown caused her to see trolls from her past
How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one entrepreneur to stress-related alopecia
One entrepreneur’s first professional public speaking engagement
Adapting to UK life and learning English before starting a business
Securing seed funding
Finding the perfect head of customer care
Reaching a £1 million annual rate of return
Boosting client numbers from 30 to 850
Starting a brand new business from scratch

To find out more

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Sunak decides whether to subsidise small businesses hiring young people

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is deciding whether to subsidise small businesses giving young people aged below 25 full-time jobs.
Such a scheme, which could be announced next week when the chancellor unveils his plans to get the UK economy moving again, would be similar to the future jobs fund which ran between 2009 and 2010.
The commitment to subsidise young people working for small businesses would be part of an “opportunity guarantee” to ensure that every young person has a chance of an apprenticeship or an in-work placement.
>See also: How to reopen your restaurant, pub or hotel post-lockdown
Young people aged below 25 are the most vulnerable when it comes to the jobs market post pandemic, with the Bank of England estimating 9 per cent unemployment as the country struggles back onto its feet. According to a Be the Business survey published this week, businesses expect to lay off 11 per cent of already furloughed workers, while a quarter have already had to make redundancies.
Although the future jobs fund cost the Treasury £720m when it ran in 2009-10, the Exchequer recouped half its cost through taxes. Yet then prime minister David Cameron axed the scheme, saying

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IR35 freelance tax changes will go ahead in April 2021 – are you ready?

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
The Government has voted through IR35 reform, which will bring millions of freelancers and contractors into pay-as-you-earn from April 2021.
IR35 puts the onus on employers to decide whether freelance contractors should pay national insurance will take effect from April 21 2021.
Contractors argue that although they will be taxed like regular PAYE employees, they will have none of the benefits of full-time staff, being both still on short-term contracts with no paid holiday.
>See also: Taxman will not fine you for getting things wrong with IR35 within first year
What is IR35 and how does it affect me?
Currently, contractors assess their own tax status, but impending reforms coming into force from April 6 2021 will shift this responsibility to hiring businesses.
The Government has proposed the changes to contracting tax rules in the private sector to combat what it calls “disguised employment”, where contractors do essentially the same work as employees but play less tax and reduced national insurance contributions.
Currently freelance contractors, one-man-band limited companies who work on projects for companies, pay corporation tax at 20 per cent instead of higher PAYE rates, while employers duck national insurance contributions. The Treasury sees both freelancers and employers as

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Sherry Coutu: ‘I’m probably on LinkedIn for two hours a day’

Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome to the second series of Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk. Today’s episode features Sherry Coutu, a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and one of the leading names in the UK digital sector.
We talk about tips for investment pitches, time management and difficulties in the tech sector.
Have a listen to it in the media player below.

You can also catch our episodes with:

Entrepreneur and former Dragon, Rachel Elnaugh
Businesswoman and Dragon, Deborah Meaden
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2005 candidate, Tim Campbell
Gousto CEO, Timo Boldt
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2018 candidate, Jackie Fast
Investor and former Dragon, Piers Linney
Investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick
Supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice

We’ve got podcast episodes from the first series looking at:

How one business owner’s mental breakdown caused her to see trolls from her past
How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one entrepreneur to stress-related alopecia
One entrepreneur’s first professional public speaking engagement
Adapting to UK life and learning English before starting a business
Securing seed funding
Finding the perfect head of customer care
Reaching a £1 million annual rate of return
Boosting client numbers from 30 to 850
Starting a brand new business from scratch

To find out more

Read more...