When you’re a small business owner, especially when you’re first starting up, it can seem as though you’re putting in 24 working hours each day, seven days a week. OK, this may not be exactly true when it comes to looking at exactly how much you’ve worked, but not only does it feel like you’ve worked all hours, you actually need to be available as much as you possibly [...]

When working in a traditional 9 to 5 role, separating your business and personal lives isn’t a particularly difficult task. You get up, commute to work, spend 8 hours working, commute home and then you’re free to enjoy your own time as you wish, until you repeat the same work process the following day. When you work for yourself, however (whether that’s in a freelance role or you [...]

For any successful business, there will come a time when you think that you could do with an extra pair of hands.  It may be simply to help you keep the administration side of things in order or it could be to work directly alongside you, allowing you to effectively take on twice as many customers as before. If you’re currently in this position and are considering taking on a member or staff, [...]

If you’re a freelancer, it’s likely that you’ll have your own way of working that you’ve used since you began freelancing. You’ll feel comfortable in the way that you approach your projects and to a certain extent, you’ll feel that you’re producing work at a relatively high level. Sure, you could probably increase your productivity if you really tried. Everyone [...]