Freelance Contracts Help Firms Reduce Employment Risks and Costs.

In a desperate attempt to get employers hiring again the UK Government is preparing to shake up the employment tribunal system with a raft of radical measures. Controversial moves such as increasing the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims from one to two years, scrapping the payment of expenses in hearings and introducing a fee …

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Year of Strife Ahead As Unions Fight Cuts

by EasyEditor Newswire Firms and organisations across the UK have been warned to prepare for year of discontent after senior union leaders predicted a surge in strike action on a scale not seen since the campaign to abolish the poll tax. In a joint message to more than 3.5million workers across both the public and …

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Websites Suffering Under-Investment as Designers Face Tough Competition

  by EasyEditor Newswire                                                                                                                                                             16/12/2010 Web designers across the UK are routinely over servicing and under charging clients in a bid to keep the e-commerce revolution on track, claim experts. While 72% of website designers have seen a rise in expectations from their SME clients the majority are struggling to maintain increasingly sophisticated sites on …

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Freelancers and New Businesses Advised to Protect Their Rights

by EasyEditor Newswire Hundreds of thousands of workers turning freelance or starting new businesses to make a living in the face of a tough economic climate have been warned to ensure they protect their intellectual property and guard against the pitfalls of late payment. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of …

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Firms Urged to Impose Penalties for Late Payments

by EasyEditor Newswire   Contracts between firms which include late payment clauses need to become a common feature of everyday business practice, claim legal experts ahead of an EU update of a directive aimed at tackling business failures. On average, the majority of small and medium firms have to wait at least 41 days longer …

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Formality and Informality in Business – Getting the balance right!

By David Reilly, Founder and Commercial Director of Create Ts and Cs                           17/04/2010 As a business owner, getting paid for the work I do is an important part of building or growing the business .  We all know cashflow is ‘king’. With that in mind, let me establish context for the following;  this blog was inspired by …

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Minimise business risk – employ effective Ts and Cs – Getting Paid!

An article picked up and presented on various social media networks published by Flag Media News & Features  news@flagmedia.co.uk, written by Sean Murphy, Flag Media.  December 2009.   A lack of properly written terms and conditions can make the difference between failure and survival for thousands of businesses struggling with cash flow, claim business experts. Recent …

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Avoid Disputes – Managing cashflow

By David Reilly, Founder and Commercial Director of Create Ts and Cs Risk management in real terms is about managing cashflow and providing protection for you and your resources (cash, time and emotional energy) from petty long winded disputes which can drain a business. The small claims process exists for our protection and is a …

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