Recent content by OneWonder

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    Personal & Business Accounts, should they be in the same bank?

    Hi, As i already have current account which is personal (debit card). But i have NO "credit" cards with any bank (or ever had one). So i'm looking to open up a "business" debit account, so i can keep my business transactions separate from the personal account. Right now i'm planning to...
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    Forming an online company that is responsible for niche sites ?

    Hi all, I'm still fairly new to UKBF, so please forgive me if this has been talked about before:redface: Okay, So today i just created a new website , that would be the name of the parent company. For example "PassionMedia.com" etc... So PassionMedia.com is the parent company of 3...
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    new to the forums, but not new to the internet!

    Thanks ^BusyVids!
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    A graduate student starting a website but have a few questions in mind....

    Joomla is nice, I did a test drive on a local machine a while back. But this time i will be using WordPress (sites), VBulletin (forum1), InvisionBoard (forum2), open-source upload script (file-sharing site) I'm using different platforms above because each site has different needs. So there...
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    A graduate student starting a website but have a few questions in mind....

    ^ Websitehandyman Thanks for your input seems like you've had experience regarding the transition from "hobby-to-business" . I might take your advise, but ofcourse everyday I hear/read people saying that after 3 months, i could be fined for not tellling HMRC what i'm doing. I am probably...
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    A graduate student starting a website but have a few questions in mind....

    Nothing in business comes easy. I know it's going to be hard, that's why i mentioned on my first post that i won't see any profitable income or little income at best. The first year is would be mostly about building connections & organic traffic. All sites would be cross-linked in some ways...
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    A graduate student starting a website but have a few questions in mind....

    ^ Scalloway, thanks a lot! I've bookmarked the link for futher reading. ^ Nuno I don't have any benefits at the moment. As a self-employed person, is it "neccessary" to claim benefits ? (& what kind of benefits would be available ?) Otherwise what kind of complications would I be challenged...
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    A graduate student starting a website but have a few questions in mind....

    ^Scalloway, Thanks for your response. Things are now making sense. And by the way would mind explaining this "If you are resident the UK will pay income tax on your profits" ?
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    A graduate student starting a website but have a few questions in mind....

    Hello all, First of all I apologize if this is posted in the wrong, but since it's regarding self-employment & finance , I assumed here would be correct. Anyway, here's the long post i had to get off my chest. (sorry for any confusion!) I finished business studies in college last year...
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    new to the forums, but not new to the internet!

    Yes I know it's strange thread title, got a little bit carried away then. I'm new to the forum as you can see. I typed some random questions via google and ofcourse some results led me to this page as a guest. I thought, i might have my own questions needing answers regarding the...