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Pricing For Profit: Making It Work For Your Small Business
Pricing for Profit: Making It Work for Your Small Business When you first start your small business, it’s easy to focus on the creative process,
Why Profit Is Crucial
Why Profit is Crucial for Your Small Business (and How to Balance it with Kindness, Crafting, and Accounts) Running a small business or managing a
6 Reasons to Choose FreeAgent Over Excel or Paper-Based Accounts
6 Reasons to Choose FreeAgent Over Excel or Paper-Based Accounts Are you using Excel or paper-based ledgers for your accounting because they’re familiar, free, and
What Are The Changes In Cash Basis Accounting 2023/24
What’s Changed In Cash Basis Accounting in 2024/25? Each year, HMRC introduces updates to tax and accounting regulations, accompanied by budget announcements and annual reforms.
10 Bookkeeping Mistakes That Small Business Owners Make
10 Bookkeeping Mistakes That Small Business Owners Make You launch a small business, and suddenly you need to become a whizz at bookkeeping, it’s all
Expenses – An Overview for Small Business Owners and Side Hustlers.
In the exciting world of entrepreneurship, every penny counts and smart financial management is key to success. Today, we’re diving into the fundamentals of expenses—the
A Guide to Being Self-Employed and Claiming UK Benefits
UK entrepreneurs can receive Universal Credit while self-employed by understanding eligibility and accurately reporting fluctuating monthly earnings. It’s vital to manage the Minimum Income Floor, maintain accurate income and expense records, communicate changes promptly, and know your entitlements. Seeking professional advice and exploring additional support options, like the New Enterprise Allowance, can help balance self-employment with claiming benefits.
Why Competitor Analysis is Important for Small Businesses.
In the dynamic world of small businesses and side hustles, one powerful tool often gets overlooked—the art of competitor analysis. Today, we’re diving into why
Getting Personal, When Products Become Presents
Hey Side Hustle Heroes and Small Business Superstars! In the hustle and bustle of business, there’s a secret ingredient that can truly set your venture
Why Is Psychology Pricing Important For Small Businesses?
The human mind is a fascinating thing, never more so than when we are looking at things from a business perspective. Our brains are wired
5 Key Benefits Of Budgeting For a Small Business
I know you have plenty to do as a small business owner or side hustler, plenty to keep you busy and loads of necessary jobs,
The Trading Allowance for small businesses and sole traders – explained.
The trading allowance for small businesses and sole traders was introduced by HMRC as a way to simplify bookkeeping and tax returns for start-ups and
Pricing for Profit: Unleashing the Power of Pricing Models for Small Businesses and Crafty Side Hustles
In the world of small businesses and crafty side hustles, pricing your products or services effectively is crucial to ensuring sustainable growth, income and profitability.
4 Essential Steps to Completing Bank Reconciliations for UK Small Businesses and Side Hustles
Bank reconciliation is an important process that helps small businesses and side hustlers make sure their financial records are accurate by checking that everything on
The 10 Most Important Reasons For Managing Your Small Business Cash Flow
Being a small business owner or sole trader brings many challenges. For most, bookkeeping is one of the hurdles they find hardest to jump over.
How To Do Small Business Bookkeeping Year-End Checks
Ah, year-end checks for small businesses – that time of year when we all scramble to make sure everything is in our accounts for the
How To Set Up Your Small Business Accounts For The New Tax Year
What better time to set up your business accounts the right way than at the beginning of the tax year? A fresh slate, a fresh
What Is The Self-Assessment Trading Allowance?
Most people have heard about the trading allowance, and a lot of people think it is helpful. But it is often misunderstood and misused. Here
Bookkeeping And Finance Glossary
Understanding your bookkeeping and accounts can be complicated enough, but if you don’t know the lingo, that certainly doesn’t help! Lots of the terms used
What can you outsource to free up your time?
Outsourcing has changed my life in the last part of 2022, I can’t quite believe the impact it has had and I want to share