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2020 review of the year

Posted by By Paul December 31, 2020Posted inBusinessNo Comments
Despite the general chaos, I've been luckier than most in that my business hasn't been badly affected in 2020. I've had chance to learn some new skills, improve my admin,…
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Sympl migration and management services

Posted by By Paul December 18, 2020Posted inBusinessNo Comments
This year I've been paying close attention to Sympl, a project which makes it easier to manage website and email hosting by providing sensible default configurations and automating some of…
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osTicket and Vagrant

Posted by By Paul August 28, 2020Posted inAnsible, Business, VagrantNo Comments
osTicket is a self-hosted and open source ticketing system written in PHP. I wanted to give it a try as one option for a client's support needs, but with a…
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Invoice Ninja and Vagrant

Posted by By Paul April 18, 2019Posted inAnsible, Business, Laravel, VagrantNo Comments
Invoice Ninja is a self-hosted and open source invoicing solution written using a PHP framework called Laravel. I wanted to give it a try as a replacement for my existing…
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Terms of Business Agreements

Posted by By Paul February 6, 2019Posted inBusinessNo Comments
One of the most important things about running your own business is deciding on the terms under which you will supply goods and services to clients. These are often contained…
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Managing tax on self-employment income

Posted by By Paul January 11, 2019Posted inBusinessNo Comments
One of the biggest changes when you become self-employed is the fact that your tax isn't deducted at source; instead you have to file a tax return each year and…
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Freelancing mistakes to avoid

Posted by By Paul January 7, 2019Posted inBusinessNo Comments
Over the course of the past few years as a freelancer I've made, and learned from, a number of mistakes. I cover these in my Life as a coin-operated monkey…
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Work/life balance lessons

Posted by By Paul January 4, 2019Posted inBusinessNo Comments
Over the course of 2018 I made a number of tweaks to how I work in order to try and obtain a better work/life balance. Most of them have been…
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Recruitment done differently

Posted by By Paul September 4, 2018Posted inBusiness, JobsNo Comments
If you follow me on Twitter or have read my Why I don't work with recruiters post, you'll be aware that I have had a terrible experience with the recruitment…
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Post-Brexit business planning

Posted by By Paul July 27, 2018Posted inBusinessNo Comments
Whether you voted Leave, Remain, or not at all, business owners need to prepare for the UK leaving the EU in March 2019, either with a withdrawal agreement or the…
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