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Employment

4 Franchise Opportunities for Veterans

Veterans make for great entrepreneurs. A recent study by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) found that military service exhibits one of the biggest marginal impacts on self-employment, with veterans 45% more likely to be self-employed than non-veterans. Additionally, for every ten veterans, there is one veteran-owned firm and together […]

Employment

Welcome to the 24-hour working day

As technology continues to become increasingly integral to the workplace, the pace at which new working practices are being implemented is rapidly growing. As large companies are keen to benefit and use these innovations to their advantage, it is vital for SMBs to keep pace. The importance of SMBs to […]

accounts
Accounting

How to Deal With Accounts When You Are Self Employed

Keeping a meticulous account of your financial dealings is imperative for the self-employed and will also help you avoid penalties from the government or HMRC. This applies for sole traders as well as individuals in a business partnership. Maintaining records of your personal income is also expected. What Records to […]

Mortgages

Easy Tips to Secure Great Mortgage

At the beginning of 2015, there is a new trend that seems to dominate the financial market - steady decrease in mortgage interest rates, which helps this sector quickly regain strength after the bad past few years. With real estate prices raising slower than ever, people are becoming interested in […]

Employment

Get a Trade and Get Ahead

Any student looking to write a thesis on ‘jobs which don't exist any more' will not be short of material. Cloth cleaner, rat catcher, switchboard operator and town crier disappeared decades or centuries ago, while other, present day occupations such as newspaper photographer and milkman are rarely-spotted beasts indeed. It […]