Many business owners will be having their first taste of prolonged periods working from home at the moment.
If being at home has put you out of your comfort zone and impacted your productivity, we have put together some useful tips to get you through the working week and help you manage your time more efficiently.

The latest budget statement contained some important takeaways for small business owners and freelancers.

Understandably given the circumstances, many of the announcements were made in response to the economic threat posed by the COVID 19 outbreak.

We’ve provided a handy summary of the most important announcements below.

If you are self-employed or you run your own business, then your accountant probably helps look after your books and provides assistance when it is time to fill in your tax return.
Most small business owners find this kind of help incredibly useful, especially if they use cloud accounting software like FreeAgent or Xero to stay on top of the bookkeeping.

Freelancing could help fight back against the January Blues, new research from IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) suggests.

The trade body representing freelancers found that more than three quarters (77%) of freelancers were happy working for themselves, while only five percent said that they were unhappy. This compares to a national average of 69% who are happy in their jobs.