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    issues with universal credit

    not quite that easy i'm afraid, i'm sure everyone wishes great jobs were falling out of the trees, Both of us have health problems/disabilities, which is one of the primary reasons we are self-employed and work from home. due to the current recession and inflation, our mortgage payments...
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    issues with universal credit

    exactly my point
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    issues with universal credit

    hopefully, someone from the legal profession can help me with this conundrum. Previously we used to get tax credits for our kids, which they have now scrapped and forced everyone to sign up for universal credit, which is a nightmare TBH, as it means we now get treated like unemployed. Both...
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    PPH charging VAT to the freelancer

    I do freelance work on PeoplePerHour, and when they pay me, they charge me VAT. Normally you provide a service to someone, you are charging VAT on your invoice to the person paying you, not the other way round, yet that is exactly what PPH are doing. Perhaps someone who understands accounting...
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    Staff reluctant to drive to internal meeting 1.5 miles away because of no business insurance on car!

    So out of curiosity, I decided to call my insurance company and ask them this question, especially since it seems everyone wants to argue about this without doing the obvious thing and actually checking the facts. Plus I am getting rude messages and threats from certain unpleasant people for...
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    Staff reluctant to drive to internal meeting 1.5 miles away because of no business insurance on car!

    Sounds to me like you have as bunch of lazy staff who just cannot be bothered to come to a meeting. Using your vehicle for business means where you are self employed and use it to do a job, things like using it for deliveries or as a taxi. Driving to work or to a meeting doesn't constitute...
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    Sole trader to limited company questions

    I would be inclined to say that just sending out a notification to all your clients informing them of the change should be sufficient And make sure you have updated your website and terms etc with ltd company details and send them a link to the new terms.
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    Sole trader to limited company questions

    From a legal perspective, you are now a completely different entity. Any contracts you had with your clients are with you personally not with your ltd company. So you should update those contracts accordingly so you are afforded the protection and advantages of a ltd company. As a sole trader...
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    Prices on website or request a call

    Obviously, I am not suggesting to put a completely misleading price.... this is a completely incorrect and ignorant assumption that you have jumped to. If you are going to put prices, make sure they are legitimate prices.
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    What is needed for on-line chat facility

    I use tawk.to, which is free.... but I barely ever get any chat requests.
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    Webflow VS Wordpress

    It depends on what you want to do and what skills you have.... If you plan to build the site yourself then webflow is harder and has quite a learning curve, and you do have to know how to code to get it to do most things that WordPress can do out of the box or with a plugin. A webflow solution...
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    Prices on website or request a call

    I avoid any site that makes you contact them to find out prices. In most cases, this means they will charge you whatever they think you can afford to pay and you have to them put up with a sales person harrassing you for weeks. There needs to at least a base price on the website.. "starting...
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    Cash Only a thing of the past?

    there are only certain businesses that can get away with it. If your fave chip shop or Chinese takes cash only, then you will accommodate this, but if like most people you don't use cash for anything else, it is highly likely that you will start looking for somewhere else that takes card. I...
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    Your DIY Online Marketing Kickstart Guide

    Its hard to diy if you do not have the technical skills. I built my own website using wix, but it looked like crap and i knew it. I generally think the same about most wix sites that people have built themselves when they have no design skills. Then i found kopage which is so much easier to use...
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    ecomerce advice

    There are several FREE solutions that you can use to get started. FreeWebStore is one I have seen quite a lot, although I don't think it is very pretty. I am a fan of ECWID, very easy to setup and use and looks pretty nice. Free for up to 10 products. WordPRess + woocommerce as mentioned...
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