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Leading creatives call for tax on tech devices to help the arts

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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Over 100 figures in the arts, including Olivia Colman and Frank Bowling, want gadget sales revenue to go towards a pot for artists and creators.
The Smart Fund tax would be between 1 per cent and 3 per cent of the total cost of a tech device. That means bits of kit that can download or store creative content, including PCs, laptops and smartphones.
This fund could generate as much as £300m a year for the creative sector. There’ll be more if smart TVs or cloud-based technology get taxed. It would raise up to £25m for visual artists alone, doubling their current resale royalties – a pot of £20m a year.
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It’s a collaboration between UK’s creative industry, technology sector and the government. The government’s initial reaction was ‘positive’, according to the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), who are behind the campaign. Similar schemes run in 44 other countries and they generated £930m in 2018 for creators.
Gilane Tawadros, chief executive of DACS, said: “Working with the tech industry and innovators in this sector, we want to support creators and performers, to rebuild and enable the

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Smart meters and the hybrid workspace

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Originally written by Dan Matthews on Small Business
March 2020 represented a turning point for British organisations. For many employers, what started years ago as a gradual shift towards remote working became a legal requirement overnight, as a stay-at-home order was introduced by the government.
Businesses adapted quickly and many set-up structures for employees to work from home, while others created measures to protect workers with social distancing and more stringent cleaning regimes.
Fast-forward to today and a hybrid workspace, in which employees are sometimes present in the workplace and on other occasions do their jobs from home, is commonplace.
Hybrid working on the rise
A survey of 600 business leaders published by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in May 2021 found that almost two thirds are shifting their organisationto between one and four days of remote working per week.
“As the economy re-opens, business leaders are grappling with the best working models going forward,” said Joe Fitzsimons, Senior Policy Adviser at the IoD.
“The flexibility of remote working has improved work-life balance for employees and cut down commuting expenses. In many cases it has also boosted inclusivity and hiring from different parts of the country.
“The IoD further stated that hybrid working, provides the optimum balance for

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Starting your own currency brokerage firm is a horrible idea

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Originally written by Partner Content on Small Business
Starting a financial-focused business in 2021 is challenging enough as the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has yet to be fully understood. This is especially true in the money exchange space as the industry is dominated by multi-billion pound giants like Wise (formerly TransferWise) who compete against multi-hundred-billion pound banks.
Anyone thinking now is an opportune time to enter the currency brokerages space may not fully understand how crowded the space is and just how much power the industry titans have.
The currency brokerage industry: many big and small players
One of the first steps in evaluating a business idea is understanding the competitive environment. Starting a business knowing there are few companies in the space offering a competing service makes the entrepreneurship journey just a little bit easier.
But looking at the global foreign exchange space shows this is far from the case. There are at least two dozen FX exchange providers in London alone. London is the epicenter of the global foreign exchange industry so it is natural for a large number of companies to be based out of the United Kingdom.
There are other major global money exchange hubs, including New York City, Singapore,

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User Interviews Review: Earn an Average of $40 to $200 per Survey

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One of the easiest ways to make real money online is to share your opinion by taking surveys. Not all survey sites are the same or pay the same amount. The best way to maximize your earnings is to consider a site that offers a variety of short surveys, and longer focus groups and panel […]

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