Media darling and social mega-destination Facebook recently rolled out their COO Sheryl Sandberg at the DLD Conference in Munich to wax lyrical about the economic benefits Facebook is bringing to Europe. To entice the UK’s freelancers, contractors and small businesses into the Facebook ecosystem the firm has organised a “Facebook for Business” roadshow.
Good news everyone! HMRC, in the face of a crippling strike from the PCS union which will see 80% of their call centre staff walk out on January 31st, have taken the decision to extend the deadline until midnight on Thursday February 2nd.
It’s currently the height of tax return season, and this means two things. One, accountants everywhere are pulling their hair out, and two, those dastardly spammers are sending out their bi-annual HMRC phishing emails, attempting to fool innocent freelancers, contractor and small businesses into giving up their financial details in the belief that they’re in line for a tasty tax refund.
One of the keys to securing some of that lucrative repeat business is to make sure your clients remember you. If you design their website, you want them to leap from their chairs and yell “let’s call Geoff!” when it comes time to make some alterations, rather than “who was that web guy? George something?”
There’s always new legislation flying around in the run-up to the Budget, and this year is no different. We’ve put together a round-up of the employment law changes we know are happening and those that are anticipated in 2012.
With the self-assessment tax return deadline looming, HMRC is facing embarrassment as thousands of their call centre staff are poised to stage a walkout on January 31st.
There was a ray of hope for premises-seeking freelancers yesterday when David Cameron announced that the Government would be offering up its vast inventory of vacant office buildings to small businesses and entrepreneurs at subsidised rates, making a dedicated office space suddenly a more realistic proposition.
