by Affiliate Partner, GoSimple Tax Going into business with a partner or partners can offer many benefits. You can gain from other people’s talent, ideas, knowledge, skill, contacts and cash, just as they can gain from yours. You can also share the workload, risk and responsibilities, while avoiding feelings of isolation that can happen when […]
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Article by Affiliate Partner, GoSimple Tax Keeping your costs to a minimum is advised when starting a business, because it means you can pay off your start-up costs sooner and then start to make a profit. You also risk losing less money if the business doesn’t get off the ground. Some sole trader businesses can
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Article by Affiliate Partner, GoSimpleTax The UK is facing a serious cost-of-living crisis. It’s being driven by eye-watering utility bill increases, rocketing fuel pump prices and record inflation that’s making the weekly supermarket shop and other purchases far more expensive. Moreover, interest rates are increasing, with more hikes expected, while take-home pay isn’t increasing anywhere
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by Affiliate Partner, GoSimpleTax COVID-19 helped to push UK business start-up figures to new heights in 2020. According to the Centre for Entrepreneurs, annual year-on-year UK business formations in 2020 rocketed by 13% to 772,002. A key decision when starting a business is which legal structure do you choose when registering. The three most common
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by Affiliate Partner, GoSimpleTax From 6 April 2022, National Insurance contributions (NICs) for employees and employers will rise by 1.25 percentage points, as part of a new annual £12bn healthcare levy announced by Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Some of the money (reportedly £5.4bn over the next three years) will be used to improve the UK
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Busting the Common Myths of Tutoring, by Georgie McIntyre of The Classroom Partnership, and TTA Corporate Member As you are considering becoming a full-time or part-time tutor, you may have heard a few common myths regarding tutoring. Read on to find out how we bust them and how it is beneficial. Myth 1: Tutoring is
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By Will Chambers of Bramble Technologies, TTA Affiliate Partner The age of tutors teaching exclusively in-person may be fading into history, according to the largest UK survey into the state of live online tutoring. The pandemic triggered a huge shift in behaviour in spring 2020, and these changes have been cemented into place over the
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By Leona Potter, Affiliate Partner of TTA and blog contributorTutoring is one of the most rewarding and sustainable professions. It’s a change from the regular 9 to 5, you are constantly problem-solving and adapting to each students’ unique set of needs in creative ways. It can provide stable income, gives you the feel-good factor, as
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