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		<title>Introducing the RantBot &#8211; for your anonymous venting pleasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by a few recent emails we've received that amounted to no more than an outlet for some bad-client-induced rage, we're today introducing the RantBot. If you've got a torrid tale to tell about a terrible client who caused you to lose what little hair you have left, send it over!]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC extends self assessment deadline until February 2nd</title>
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		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-extends-self-assessment-deadline-until-february-2nd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[late filing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax return]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>WARNING: HMRC phishing emails back with a vengeance</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/warning-hmrc-phishing-emails-back-with-a-vengeance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/warning-hmrc-phishing-emails-back-with-a-vengeance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[credit card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax return]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing to see here: GAAR &#8220;unlikely&#8221; to apply to freelancers</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/nothing-to-see-here-gaar-unlikely-to-apply-to-freelancers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/nothing-to-see-here-gaar-unlikely-to-apply-to-freelancers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[disguised employee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently reported on the Government's tentative plans to introduce a General Anti-Avoidance Rule to tackle tax avoidance. A GAAR has been discussed in the past as a potential replacement for IR35, so the prospect of its introduction had the potential to rid freelancers and contractors of an unwanted headache.]]></description>
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		<title>Reminder: Last day to register for online self-assessment tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/events/reminder-last-day-to-register-for-online-self-assessment-tomorrow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/events/reminder-last-day-to-register-for-online-self-assessment-tomorrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[late filing penalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National insurance number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-assessment tax return]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're a rookie freelancer and haven't submitted an online self-assessment before, you've only got about 24 hours left to register online with HMRC in order to get your activation code in the post in time to submit your tax return by midnight on January 31st.]]></description>
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		<title>Can a company website influence your IR35 status?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/can-a-company-website-influence-your-ir35-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/can-a-company-website-influence-your-ir35-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor umbrella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is certainly the first time we've heard a company website advertised as a way to help your cause in an IR35 status dispute, although in theory it could fall under the Direction and Control IR35 tests - if a worker is an employee, they wouldn't have a website - right?]]></description>
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		<title>HMRC penalties ruling highlights enforcement inconsistencies</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-penalties-ruling-highlights-enforcement-inconsistencies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/hmrc-penalties-ruling-highlights-enforcement-inconsistencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[company accounts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[income tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[late filing penalties]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online filing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[penalties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax return]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HMRC has taken a lot of stick for its late filing penalties recently - and rightly so. The fines, which can easily run into the thousands of pounds for small businesses (even if they do not owe any tax) are completely out of step with those levied at companies orders of magnitude larger.]]></description>
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		<title>Pinterest &#8211; a fun, social way to organise your stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/freelance-technology/pinterest-a-fun-social-way-to-organise-your-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/freelance-technology/pinterest-a-fun-social-way-to-organise-your-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Sheets</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pinterest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pinterest was launched in March 2010, and has really blown up in popularity over the past few months. Pinterest is an online pin board / social network - and despite what you may have heard is not just for fashion and food bloggers!]]></description>
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		<title>North-south divide widens in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/north-south-divide-widens-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/north-south-divide-widens-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Sheets</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insolvancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[location]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Be thankful if you’re a freelancer, contractor or small business owner in the South of England today. A recent study from RMS Tenon, one of the UK’s largest accountancy firms, has showed that more than 21,000 companies became insolvent in 2011, but more importantly saw a widening of the divide between the North and South of the country]]></description>
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		<title>IR35 hope springs anew: Cameron and Clegg hint at GAAR introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/ir35-hope-springs-anew-cameron-and-clegg-hint-at-gaar-introduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/ir35-hope-springs-anew-cameron-and-clegg-hint-at-gaar-introduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GAAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Anti-Avoidance Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IR35 Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Company]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time a General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) has been touted as a preferable alternative to IR35. General Anti-Avoidance Rules are used in Canada and New Zealand, and form a set of principles rather than hard-and-fast laws. It's introduction would allow fresh case law to be established around disguised employment and limited company contractors, and hopefully allow HMRC to avoid the mistakes of the past.]]></description>
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		<title>New year, new IR35 mischief: First ever &#8216;split decision&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/new-year-new-ir35-mischief-first-ever-split-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/new-year-new-ir35-mischief-first-ever-split-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JLJ Services Ltd]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All's been quiet on the IR35 front recently. Since news of HMRC's woeful enforcement record surfaced late last year, there's been a relative dearth of IR35-related tomfoolery, instead most compliance related head-scratching has been directed towards the Agency Workers Regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>What employment status do I have? Your contract may not provide the answer!</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/what-employment-status-do-i-have-your-contract-may-not-provide-the-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/what-employment-status-do-i-have-your-contract-may-not-provide-the-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autoclenz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Freelance Advisor reported on the very important Supreme Court 2011 legal judgement on Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and Others and how this may affect freelancers and contractors who have IR35 concerns.  As this case is so important for all employees, workers and freelancers in deciding their employment status, at Workline we thought we’d explain this in more detail.

The case highlights the importance the Courts now give to finding clarity in employment relationships, not by looking at what is written down in a contract, but what is actually happening in the working relationship.]]></description>
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		<title>Ham-fisted accountants apparently costing small businesses £1k per year</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/ham-fisted-accountants-apparently-costing-small-businesses-1k-per-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/ham-fisted-accountants-apparently-costing-small-businesses-1k-per-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bookkeeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[errors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax credits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We heard from plenty of people who had experienced emotional or financial trauma at the hands of bumbling accountants in our freelancers survey recently, and now a new study by The Accountants Club has provided a little colour to back up our findings.]]></description>
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		<title>Freelancers shockingly optimistic, PCG survey reveals</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/freelancers-shockingly-optimistic-pcg-survey-reveals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/freelancers-shockingly-optimistic-pcg-survey-reveals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cashflow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flreelance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're in the midst of a fairly pronounced period of economic strife, in case you didn't notice. Markets are collapsing, Greece is almost broke, and widespread redundancies are happening in the public and private sector alike.]]></description>
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		<title>IR35: Just 322 investigations in five years</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/ir35-just-322-investigations-in-five-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/ir35-just-322-investigations-in-five-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information request]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35 investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35 status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brazier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revenue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax evasion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The saga of IR35 is full of twists, turns, loop-the-loops and groin-kicks, and doesn't show any sign of letting up soon, following George Osborne's decision to take the path of least resistance in his 2011 Budget. Following a freedom of information request from the PCG, HMRC has divulged some interesting figures which shed some light on HMRC's tremendous mis-management of IR35.]]></description>
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		<title>How to work with a Virtual Assistant</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/how-to-work-with-a-virtual-assistant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/how-to-work-with-a-virtual-assistant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Soothill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assistant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeworking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing your business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal assistant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual assistant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working From Home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=15552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A virtual assistant carries out the same role as a traditional administration assistant; however the person fulfilling the role no longer has to be physically present in the office (or home, if you're a working from home type).]]></description>
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		<title>The top seven ways to manipulate your brain</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/resources/the-top-seven-ways-to-manipulate-your-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/resources/the-top-seven-ways-to-manipulate-your-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TimothyTim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SME's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tricks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=15451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your brain. Resplendent in it's awesomeness; it has many distinct advantages. Without the weird array of half remembered crap it keeps locked up in it's squidgy folds you would be a gibbering vegetable and would almost certainly fail hard at everything you did. However there are a large number of techniques and tricks you and your business can use to make your business, tactics and marketing better.]]></description>
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		<title>Is this the ultimate remote worker?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/freelance-technology/is-this-the-ultimate-remote-worker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/freelance-technology/is-this-the-ultimate-remote-worker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selina Murray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeworker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remote worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SME's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecommuting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VGo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video conferencing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[working remotely]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=15519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Picture the scene - there's a big important meeting, many miles away, you're tired and it's snowing. Do you get out of your nice warm bed four hours early and travel to the site, or simply stroll downstairs, log onto your PC and send in your virtual self via robot?]]></description>
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		<title>How to improve your sales pitch</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/how-to-improve-your-sales-pitch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/how-to-improve-your-sales-pitch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Soothill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pitch yourself]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[USP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=15381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the common challenges that most freelancers face, and most loathe, is the need to pitch yourself and your services to potential clients. For most of us this is the hardest part of being self-employed and can be terrifying and intimidating.]]></description>
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		<title>Self-employment on the increase for students and over-55s</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/self-employment-on-the-increase-for-students-and-over-55s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/news/self-employment-on-the-increase-for-students-and-over-55s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Soothill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[older-preneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opportunities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self employment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've known for some time that the freelancer and contractor sector has been growing, and now a few pieces of research have revealed the source of some of that growth - students and over-55s are increasingly choosing self-employment over the traditional job market.]]></description>
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