On freelanceadvisor.co.uk: The definitive freelancer accountancy glossary and What is a sole trader?. The HMRC website offers lots of assistance. Join in a couple of HMRC self-employed webinars such as "Self-employment – what you need ... (more)
News Items That Might Be Of Interest! Here are news items sourced from various handpicked high-quality websites. I choose to select the best of these for commentary elsewhere on Swinny.net. (more)
Broadband in the UK What do we need to get access to the Internet nowadays? The hardest part is choosing an access provider (otherwise known as an ISP), but it certainly isn't hard to get cheap internet access any more. Once upon a time ... (more)
Solar Rebates Some information about solar rebates. Get Paid Tax Free for Solar Energy with Solar Panels Grants. For Solar Panels on your home, you need local experts you can trust. Residential Solar Panels Try using Solar Comparison ... (more)
Newsbeat Here are the headlines from the BBC Radio1 news team! (more)
As a contractor or freelancer you are always at risk of being called to jury service, your contract being broken or being investigated by the HMRC. PCG is here to provide support in all these instances and many more too. Member Benefits ... (more)
Impartiality in the heating oil domestic market can be as slippery to grasp as the heating oil itself. Last time you visited a heating oil website that offered oil quotes, did you know which company was actually quoting you? And when you ... (more)
It was once accepted that only websites handling financial data (such as customer credit card details) would need to implement security and get the padlock in the visitor's address bar - but not any longer. The padlock indicates that the ... (more)
Give your carefully created sitemap a mention in your robots.txt file. You simply use this format: Sitemap: http://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml You can repeat this line many times, if you have many sitemaps (eg, a video sitemap as well ... (more)
Facebook has opened up its commenting system to all websites. What this means is that there is no need for a website owner to develop, run and moderate their own comments platform, and they will also be able to benefit from the comments being ... (more)
Keeping Those Two Wheels Spinning It's a slippery slope, keeping a bike in good working order. Whenever I've taken charge of a brand new bike, I've generally found it to be maintenance-free for a good year or more, except for tyres and tubes ... (more)