Which contract template do you need for clients in the UK and overseas?

“Do I need UK contracts and Global contracts if I am based in the UK with just a few customers outside the UK?” This is a question we are often asked. UK contracts are written for the UK The UK contracts focus on the the UK. When it comes to things like data processing in […]

Why You Should Outsource Digital Marketing

With virtually the whole world riding on the digital wave, digital marketing has emerged as the most successful — and in most cases, most cost-effective — way of running marketing campaigns. It therefore comes as no surprise that PR Newswire expects the global market for digital marketing to be worth a whopping $460 billion this […]

Contracts – Worried about the wrong thing?

I was chatting to Sarah Fox (500-Word lawyer and a member of our editorial board) about the mismatch between contract clauses people query and what actually causes problems down the road. Pre-contract people worry about limits on indemnity Corporate clients tend to come back wanting promises of massive liability cover (indemnity) and insurance. They seem […]

Freelancers deserve a medal

This year we are celebrating national freelancers day by looking at how freelancers have got it all – or have we?

How to export your Facebook group members’ data and comply with GDPR

Facebook’s changing attitude to data privacy can make GDPR compliance tricky. If you don’t set your group up properly in the first place you are going to have all sorts of trouble if you want to export group members data when you close a group or want to add members to your mailing lists. Main […]

Should your business contract include your home address?

We’re often having conversations in our KoffeeKlatch customer support group about whether it’s safe to publish your home address when you run a business from home. There are legal reasons for doing so, but there are legitimate safety and security concerns. Is there a legal requirement to publish your home address? Information you have to […]

5 Top Tips for Trainers on how staged payments can protect your business

You can’t get your time back if your client can’t pay – so what’s your plan? Creating customised courses for your corporate clients is a relatively long term process and can mean you have invested a significant number of hours in taking a brief, designing and delivering pilots (with a group in a room or […]

Coronavirus home working and small business tips – how to keep going

We are collecting resources to help you keep your small business going whilst working from home. Please add your useful resources in the comments and we will keep updating this. Do you need to claim self-employed small business benefits? Here is a link to current advice on how to claim SSP from day one or […]

Will your business get sick with coronavirus?

Have you thought about your business plans for coronavirus? We are hearing a lot in the news about sick leave, self isolation, time off work and travel, but how will your virtual micro business cope with coronavirus? School shut due coronavirus scare? If you normally rely on school hours to work in your business (and […]

How to give your VA access to your Facebook page

Top things to think about before you share your Facebook log ins Your Facebook account is set up in your name (not a business name or a fake name – that would be a breach of the Facebook rules) Then you set up a Facebook page so you could focus the content on your business. […]

Planning for holidays -email tips and tricks for your out-of-office strategy

out of office holiday planning for freelancers

  Are you irritating clients with your out-of-office messages? Now is a great time to plan what you are going to do. We were renewing our professional indemnity insurance this week and had some trouble with the forms. Having phoned and got some help we then sent them back with a few days to spare […]

10 things you ought to know about IR35

Thinking about IR35 and the changes due to come in in April 2021? It is easy to get confused. Like anything else to do with law and tax, people get the wrong end of the stick. It is time we did some myth-busting and jargon-busting. So you can start to get your ducks in a […]

Business Intelligence Vs Automated Reporting

The successful development of a business depends on the proper development of strategies. The more information you possess about the possibilities of your company and the market occurrences in general, the better the strategy. Therefore, every business needs to invest in collecting information. So, for a business to flourish, it’s necessary to measure progress and […]