Where are you on your creative journey? Are you starting off as a freelancer or do you have your own creative agency? Knowing this will help you understand the help you need from an accountant. If you are just starting off, the help you need will be quite simple. You just need your accounts done and to know when you need to pay your taxes.
Read MoreA lifestyle business is something that is a business that give s the owner financial and creative freedom. Freedom to live the life that they want, to have the time to indulge their hobbies and passions. Time to spend with their family and the things that are important to them in their life.
Read MoreIn the past few years The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced tax increases that will affect small businesses and limited companies with Corporation Tax, Dividend Tax and National Insurance all in line for an increase. This has largely been in response to the Government's efforts to support business over the COVID-19 pandemic and to help pay for what the Government is calling the health and social care levy.
Read MoreThere are many different approaches to pricing that your agency can take, the one thing that you need to do is to get a pricing system in place that is consistent and that anyone if your company can use, not just you as the business owner your staff need to be able to do this as well.
Read MoreWhen you are looking to grow your business and earn more money, you will be looking to see your revenue grow. Increasing revenue is never easy. It will be something that you will continue to work on and refine during the lifetime of your business. But there are a few ways that you can maybe get a few quick wins to get you on your way.
Read MoreTaking time off work is one of the best things that you can do for your business. You have time to think, relax and see your business in a different light. You will have ideas what you want to do when you get back to work and you will come back relaxed and enthusiastic to carry out your plans.
Read MoreYou need to register for VAT when the sales for your business goes above £85,000 for any 12-month period. You can choose to register before you get to that amount if you want to, this is called a voluntary registration.
Read MoreOne of the first things to do is to obviously register your company. A limited company is a separate legal person to yourself. It can sign contracts and enter in to agreements. If the company fails and has to close you are largely protected from any losses.
Read MoreSo you’ve signed up as a new client with Pisces, what happens next? We have a very simple process that we follow when we take on a new customer.
Read MoreOne of the most frequent questions we get asked by our clients how can I save taxes? Without being too technical there are quite a few simple things that you can do to help save taxes.
Read MoreOur businesses can get so busy so quickly. Nothing shows this as much as the increase in the amount of emails you will have to deal with each day.
Read MoreTaking on a new staff member is something to celebrate. It will help you slowly start to get more time to yourself, it will give you more time to work on your business and more time to enjoy your life outside of work.
Read MoreWhen we take a look at businesses we see that a lot of them have the same parts which make them successful: strong branding, the ability to scale up and grow and they fulfil a need that is going unsatisfied for the customer.
Read MoreKPI’s or Key Performance Indicators are important parts of your business which help make you successful. They are the parts that you need to focus on as you start the process of growing your business and turning it in to the lifestyle business that you want.
Read MoreWhy do I need to understand my accounts, I’m a creative I’m not an accountant? You may well think that, but for certain if you run your own business regardless of what stage you are at – Freelancer, Solopreneur or Small Agency.
Read MoreWhen we start to look at planning for your business we need to start to get to know you and your business. It is a long process to understand what you want for your business and what you want to have in your own personal life. Both are linked and one will almost certainly drive the other.
Read MoreGetting your accounts up to date and keeping them up to date is one of the best things you can do for your business. It lets you know where your business is at, what money you owe and money you are owed. It makes the collection of money that you are owed easier if you know exactly what you are owed and you can ask for payment.
Read MoreAs you start to grow your business being able to manage your time is an important skill that you need to learn. You need to make sure that nothing gets left behind. Take your eye off one part of the business for a few days or weeks and something will go wrong. You need to find time to manage all the parts of your business.
Read MoreIt is essential for your business is to keep debtors as low as possible. The money that you are owed can help your business. It can reduce the borrowings that you have and the interest that you are paying for finance. It can help you pay for new equipment. offices, marketing or staff that can help your business grow.
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