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The Idle Self-employed

...s news. How about contractors, freelancers, and the swelling ranks of the self-employed? They don’t work full-time, 9 to 5. They get... Read more

14 May, 2012

The networked self-employed

...shift in the structure of the workplace. There's about 3 million self-employed in the UK, and this is set to rise to 6... Read more

16 June, 2011

HMRC promotes mobile apps for record-keeping

Small businesses and the self-employed are notoriously poor at keeping the copious records needed for tax... Read more

16 April, 2012
Ten reasons why people get out of IT

Ten reasons why people get out of IT

...to make sure you eventually get your just rewards. Photo credit: Being Self Employed See more photo galleries on ZDNet UK Read more

16 April, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Ten traits you need to succeed in IT

Ten traits you need to succeed in IT

...7. A good sense of PRWhether or not you're self-employed, to some extent you still have to be your own marketing... Read more

30 June, 2011 by Jack Wallen
IT burn-out? Ten career options to consider

IT burn-out? Ten career options to consider

...would have a modicum of control over your own fate — perhaps being self-employed — and you wouldn't have to deal with downed networks, failover... Read more

5 June, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Small Business Tracker Deluxe 1.9.5.2

Small Business Tracker Deluxe 1.9.5.2

Small Business Tracker Deluxe is a productivity suite that allows self-employed professionals, or small businesses, to keep track of their time, expenses... Read more

2 May, 2012
EzeAccounts 3.07

EzeAccounts 3.07

EzeAccounts is a UK accounting software package designed for self employed individuals and small businesses. Unlike all of the other accounts packages... Read more

20 April, 2012
iCash 7.4.6

iCash 7.4.6

...serve several small accounting needs for either private users, or clubs, associations, self-employed, small businesses or simply to be used at home, making keeping... Read more

17 April, 2012
OroTimesheet 7.17

OroTimesheet 7.17

...your needs, whether you work for a big organization or are a self-employed worker. Main modules include those for employees, groups, projects, activities, customers... Read more

10 April, 2012
Solar Accounts UK Accounting Software 3.5.2

Solar Accounts UK Accounting Software 3.5.2

Solar Accounts is a basic accounting software program designed for self-employed individuals and small businesses in the UK. Unlike other accounting software... Read more

5 April, 2012
Ghosts of Christmas past: Helpdesk horrors

Ghosts of Christmas past: Helpdesk horrors

...no one wants, but it seems to be a common theme among self-employed support specialists. How do you avoid this nightmare? Rather than turn... Read more

24 December, 2011 by Jack Wallen

One Dashboard to rule them all

...have confessed previously to Breakfast Networking, the breakfast of choice for the self-employed. And 10 minutes with Chris Brown from Aspect Plus changed my... Read more

5 July, 2011

'Unrealistic' IT deadlines threaten universal credit plan

...elements of universal credit policy are still not decided — for example, how self-employed people will be handled and how support for childcare will be... Read more

20 June, 2011 by Staff
TimePanic for Windows and Pocket PC 2.8 build 615

TimePanic for Windows and Pocket PC 2.8 build 615

TimePanic is a mobile time tracking solution for the self-employed, for small businesses, or just for anyone who works on a... Read more

19 June, 2011

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