Here on The Life Hub, it’s not all tax and freelance advice. Occasionally we like to chat with some of our clients and find out a bit about how they’ve made a success of their businesses. So this week we travelled to a galaxy far, far away (West London) to find out about AC Worldwide, a company […]
The internet offers freelancers many things, from tools with which to do their work through to sites that help them find that work. It also helps them to come together as a community, and never more so than this week. The international freelance community has been in full voice over the last few days, initially celebrating the ‘Freelance Isn’t […]
Last week we looked at how the ‘gig economy’ is benefitting the country’s freelancers. In a follow-up interview, we chat with digital marketing guru, Nick Wilsdon – founder of E3 Business Incubator and Global Channel Optimisation Lead at Vodafone Group. For two decades, Wilsdon has been recognised as an expert in search engine optimisation, being one […]
Following the great feedback our very own Lauren Monks got for her last Life Hub article, we thought we’d see what other gems she had up her sleeve. In this week’s piece she recalls how My Accountant Friend got its start, how the business grew, and how they can help you to grow yours without having […]
Last month, as part of The Life Hub’s ‘Startup Stories’ series, we took a look at the burgeoning Belfast tech scene. Not wanting to ramble too far through the alphabet, this month we’ve been to the Midlands to talk to the people running the Innovation Birmingham Campus. With 40% of the population under 25 years of age, […]
June 9th was bright and sunny here in the UK – the ideal weather to celebrate National Freelancers Day. The annual event is a bit of fun concocted by the good people over at IPSE to help promote what, if Twitter is anything to go by, looks like nothing short of The Good Life. And the stats […]
Think tech startups in the UK, and it’s likely that you’ve already got a mental geo-tag placed somewhere around Shoreditch. As London grows ever-more expensive, however, an increasing number of these companies are looking elsewhere, often to one of the Big Bs – Birmingham, Bristol or Belfast. At MAF, we’re always keen to hear stories from our friends […]
This week’s blog comes from Jon Wilks, a My Accountant Friend customer and a content strategist who works with small businesses to make the most of their digital marketing. Jon runs a blog on content strategy, where he aims to help people understand how content can make a difference, while demystifying some of the industry jargon. […]
What’s the difference between a traditional accountancy firm and an online accountant? Nope, this isn’t a joke. It’s a genuine question that we get asked a lot here at My Accountant Friend. So we thought we’d chat to some of our customers and find out the difference having on-demand accountancy makes to their business lives. […]