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There is no doubt that in many sectors there are now fewer available roles and hence freelancers face much greater competition in the present recession. Indeed the numbers of people entering the freelance market are increasing as unemployment soars and job seekers are turning to freelance work. |
| Continue reading: Growing opportunities in freelancing websites>> |
| peopleperhour.com - March 30, 2009
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A recent article in The Times highlights some interviews with experts in the field of freelancing. They have a wealth of advice for newcomers which is summarised briefly.
Founder of FreelanceUK.com Helen James says that freelancers can learn the essentials “on the job” and that the best way is to talk to other freelancers. |
| Continue reading: Aspiring freelancers advised to “fly with it”>> |
| peopleperhour.com - March 25, 2009
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Apparently, having a supportive spouse is the key to success in business. Not that as freelancers, we don’t know that.
New research by Bibby Financial Services, has revealed that 38 per cent of spouses whose partners ran a business, thought that working at the weekends was acceptable. 44 per cent of spouses also thought that ‘working late at the office’ into the night was not to be ruled out and in fact, was necessary at times. |
| Continue reading: Supportive spouses key to success for freelancers>> |
| peopleperhour.com - March 23, 2009
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The latest browser from Microsoft should be with us at 16:00 hours, GMT today, assuming no last minute hold ups with its download servers!
Internet Explorer 8 is to be launched at a conference of web designers and developers MIX09 which takes place at Las Vegas today. |
| Continue reading: New Internet Explorer 8 out today!>> |
| peopleperhour.com - March 19, 2009
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Owners of small businesses are paying less for core goods and services than for a number of years, according to research carried out by More Than.
Small business costs were down by 2.9% in the last quarter of 2008, with cheaper fuel, insurance and raw materials. However, the figure for the whole year was 3.6% for small businesses, although it was less for micro firms – including “one-man bands” – at only 3%. |
| Continue reading: Freelancers’ costs are coming down>> |
| peopleperhour.com - March 13, 2009
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In these challenging times of recession it is a good idea for freelancers and small business owners to brush up on existing skills and indeed acquire new ones.
It seems that there is a lot of relevant material in university foundation degree programmes that can be put to good use for small business owners and freelance workers. |
| Continue reading: New training options for small businesses>> |
| peopleperhour.com - March 11, 2009
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It appears that IT projects around risk management, post-acquisition integration and cost-cutting are going to be the hot topics this year according to analyst house IDC. However, other IT programmes won't be so lucky: the company is predicting some will be held back, trimmed down or broken up as the recession continues to take its toll. |
| Continue reading: IT Hit By Credit Crunch>> |
| peopleperhour.com - March 5, 2009
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Many small businesses look set to be disappointed by the sell-off of Royal Mail. A poll among its members by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) showed that nearly half of the respondents wanted the country’s mail to remain in public hands.
However, the Government appears to be set on selling a minority stake to a rival operator as part of the group’s overhaul. |
| Continue reading: Small businesses won’t welcome Post Office sell-off>> |
| peopleperhour.com - February 25, 2009
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The National Union of Journalists is offer free legal support to its members in cases of copyright infringement. This is under a deal that the NUJ has negotiated with Thompsons Solicitors. This is an expanded service which will be available to members in England and Wales. However, only those cases where claims are deemed to have 'a reasonable chance of success' will be accepted by the union. |
| Continue reading: Free Legal Support>> |
| peopleperhour.com - February 18, 2009
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Small businesses in the UK are unhappy with the support – or rather the lack of it – that they are receiving from the Government.
A poll of 4,000 small traders by the Federation of Small Businesses concluded that government efforts to stimulate the economy had so far had “no impact”. As evidence to support this claim, the federation said that over half of firms were seeing a slide in their sales of products and services in the last couple of months. |
| Continue reading: Government has been no help to small businesses>> |
| peopleperhour.com - February 13, 2009
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Any freelancer knows that self promotion is the key to success and if you want to find more work and get yourself recognised, then Twitter is a medium that allows you to do so. Twittering allows users to send a ‘tweet’ to their ‘followers’ of up to 140 characters. |
| Continue reading: Twitter Away>> |
| peopleperhour.com - February 9, 2009
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Freelancers are finding life tough in the recession, just like the rest of the country.
At times like these, companies often look to get rid of their contract staff before having to take the drastic action of cutting employed staff.
The demand for freelance marketers has taken a knock in recent times, and recruiters at Xchangeteam report a “fairly significant” decline in request for freelancers compared with this time last year. |
| Continue reading: Not all is lost for freelancers in the recession>> |
| peopleperhour.com - February 5, 2009
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