We’re an online magazine for the smallest businesses in the UK. The country’s micro businesses and freelancers are a tax-paying powerhouse of hard work, unrivalled creativity and true passion for their work. And we bloomin’ love it. So we’ve made it our mission to compile guides, interviews, answers and advice for freelancers, micro businesses and teeny tiny businesses across the UK.
For anyone looking to get a client or their own brands in the press, media enquiry services can be game changing. HARO is probably the most well known, but by no means the only one. So here are some more UK centric alternatives.
Keyword research tools. There are hundreds of options, but which are the best? Here are my personal favourites based on years of trying, using, dropping, changing and signing up for new ones!
Net Zero – or getting to a point where your business is essentially carbon neutral – is a phenomenally important goal. But for a small
Need to get your physical shop online quickly? Here’s our guide to building an ecommerce website fast in 2022 with user-friendly and fast to launch hosted solutions.
One of the most important and often one of the most stressful parts of becoming a freelancer is keeping on top of your finances. It
The small matter of a pandemic has more of us working from home than ever before. A solid home office chair is an important purchase and here’s our round up of the best for under £200.
Writing business proposals can be a tedious task. And while software can’t win the deal for you, there are plenty of tools that can help to make the process a little less laborious. Let’s take a look at some of the best proposal software available
As an SEO specialist myself, it might seem odd for me to open a guide to SEO copywriting by saying that I actually despise that
Free ways and paid tools to check your keyword rankings as a freelancer or micro business. We’ve rounded up free tools, freemium tools, paid rankings checkers and outlined some manual ways in which you can check your keyword rankings.
Good copy is one of those things that can really make or break the success of your website, and by extension your business. So what
Self employed mortgage applications can seem an intimidating and complex process. So we’ve spoken to four mortgage experts to get top tips on improving your chances of landing a mortgage as a sole trader or self employed company director.
IR35. It’s here. But what, if any, impact will it have on you?
We’re spoilt for choice with coworking spaces in Manchester. But which ones are the best? We’ve taken a look at some firm favourites.
So your business is insolvent. What’s your next move? We take a look with the help of an expert.
Read all about how physical activity can improve workplace productivity and how you can encourage exercise in the office as an employer.
Thinking of selling your micro business? Here’s some insight from Gareth Smyth on how to prepare your business for an easier sale.
Need to get your physical shop online quickly? Here’s our guide to building an ecommerce website fast in 2022 with user-friendly and fast to launch hosted solutions.
Imposter Syndrome: how common is it? We take a look at the figures.
How many people does Seasonal Affective Disorder affect? We polled 2,000 adults in the UK in September 2021 and compile our statistics here.
The impact the pandemic has had on businesses is highlighted by cross-referencing expenses with key events in the last year. Business loan payments skyrocketed after the second lockdown. Other key redirections of spending are also revealed.
Covid cost most of us our holidays. But what about business travel? What impact has it had on travel for work?
Free delivery. ???? It’s something many of us just expect now, but how much of an impact does it have on conversion rate? We look at the statistics.
Remote working allows people to essentially work from anywhere, (not necessarily just from home). But just how prevalent is remote working in 2021? We’ve taken a look in our 2021 round up of UK remote working statistics.
How many of us still use our first pet’s name as our password for pretty much everything? Let’s take a look in our 2021 roundup of password statistics.
Influencer marketing. Buzzword or a key channel for any business operating in the 21st century? We take a look at some key influencer marketing statistics for 2021.
After almost a year of working from home, I imagine a lot of us would pretty much give our right arm right now to go
The UK’s micro businesses are an economic powerhouse. Here are the statistics that tell us why.
Is Britain really one of the best places in the world to start a business? And how many are started in a given year here?
We analysed the figures and have compiled a list of must know startup statistics for 2021.
The phenomenon of the “side hustle” — namely having a second source of income in addition to a full-time job, is on the rise in the public. Let’s crunch the numbers.
Coronavirus has cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs. But just how serious is it? We look at the UK’s redundancy statistics for 2020.
Burnout. It affects millions of us. But how big a problem is it? We take a look at the statistics.
How has Coronavirus lockdown 2020affected productivity? We surveyed more than 2,000 adults in the UK to get the statistics.
The government’s new furlough scheme (officially named the “Job Retention Scheme”) has helped millions of employees around the UK to keep their jobs and continue
The strain of lockdown has had a real impact on workers all over the UK, many of whom have been furloughed, let go or have
Confession. I’m amongst them. I have an office landline number but many clients still have my personal mobile number. So by no means am I
Some self employed folk are very organised and submit their tax returns months in advance. Some cut it close. But how many are late? We look at late tax return statistics across the country.
In this article we delve into freelance statistics in the UK to find out which careers are most popular amongst freelancers and which types of
True story: Me in 2019: “Next year, I’ll stop registering domains unless I KNOW for a fact I’m going to do something with them immediately.”
Procrastination is a particularly big problem for those of running small businesses. But how many of us procrastinate and what can we do about it. Let’s look at the statistics.
Most businesses will fail before the end of their 5th year.
Scary statistic. But we do see variations from sector to sector and geographically too. DeVono Cressa analysed some of the statistics.
Are business grants in the UK a bit of a postcode lottery? Statistics from The UK Domain reveals the areas with the most and least funding for business grants across the country.
Money. Can be a bit of a headache, can’t it? We’ve sourced some tips to help with anything from funding to chasing up pesky unpaid invoices.
Over to you. We love hearing about your business and freelance journeys and we frequently interview micro business entrepreneurs here.
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