Starting and growing your own business is an extremely exciting endeavour but it’s also an expensive one. It can take a little while to make a living out of living your dream so what should you do in the meantime? If you’re looking to start or grow your business and you’re struggling to secure finance […]

There are currently more than 4.8 million self-employed workers in the UK alone, and this number only increases every year. We know entrepreneurs to take the leap to self-employment at all stages of life, but what happens when they reach retirement age? A surprising 45% of contractors aged between 35 and 55 have no private […]

In last week’s TWP blog post, we looked at the rise in the number of businesses being investigated by HMRC. More small businesses than ever before are being scrutinised and picked apart by the taxman in order to close up what they call the “tax gap”. What is the tax gap? £34 billion was not […]

Last month, HM Revenue & Customs revealed to the Treasury that one in ten small businesses is under investigation at any one time. That is equivalent to more than half a million SMEs across the UK. The sharp rise in investigations comes as HMRC attempts to recover the £34 billion in tax it failed to […]

Working as a freelancer is no easy feat, and when you throw children into the mix, things can get even more complicated. You may have found yourself ineligible for many government childcare schemes when you’ve applied for them in the past. But, as of October 2018, the old childcare voucher system will no longer be […]