Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday September 26th 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 23:36
Hope I can give some pertinent help here for I ran an accounting practice
for many years as a side-arm to my business consulting firm.
Unless you have a large amount of collateral including investmen...
RE: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 22:59
Both myself and one of my major supplies have claimed for taking each
other out to lunch. But you can't claim back the VAT on the other
persons meal apparently. When I was permy I took people out to l...
RE: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 22:46
Hi Adam...
Re: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 22:38
You need to talk to your local Inland Revenue Small Business Team and an
Accountant experienced with small businesses. There are strict rules about
how much you can claim for travel etc. Also you ne...
RE: FN-FORUM: Odd installation Problem
date posted 26th September 2005 22:31
Hey Andy,
I've done this four times for a client recently and found mixed results. On
two of the machines it went smooth as custard with no glitches at all. But
on the other two it was an absolute n...
RE: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 22:26
Hi Adam,
Just keep a note/record/receipt of everything you spend on the behalf of
conducting business. You can't claim for taking a client out for lunch -
which is a bummer. You can also claim part o...
RE: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 22:26
Thanks guys! appreciate the advice. I better start racking me costs up ;-)
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Re: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 22:16
> Is an accountant really worth the money as I am just starting out and am
> undecided as to whether or not to pay for an accountant ? What sort of
> costs
> would you generally associate with hirin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 22:00
A good bit of advice I heard (might even have been here) is that any
business deal basically consists of two people trying to screw each other.
I think that's the way a lot of people look at it (in a...
RE: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 21:43
Is an accountant really worth the money as I am just starting out and am
undecided as to whether or not to pay for an accountant ? What sort of costs
would you generally associate with hiring an accou...
RE: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 21:33
That really is good advice - and probably one of the first things you should
do when you start freelancing!.
A.
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Re: FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 21:30
> Any advice appreciated.
Get an accountant.
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FN-FORUM: re:charging
date posted 26th September 2005 21:16
I am also new to freelancing. Some of the answers given here refer to
costs, i am assuming that you can deduct relevant costs from your income
(i.e. offset it) when doing a tax return.
For example...
RE: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 21:10
No, not offhand without going to the B&Q website -could try there first or
nip into your local store. They are the bag type - have a handle and about
21/2 foot round and foot high. girls like jumping...
RE: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 21:06
Charging - always a tricky one.
1. Usually the client has NO idea of cost - either way, up or down but they
generally think the lower
2. They've been advised by people they know (generally if you'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 20:11
you could try:
the amount of money you spend every day * (days until deadline + the amount
of holiday you need afterwards)
divide this by the predicted time you'll spend on the project in hours, da...
RE: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 19:46
And making sure of course that there are LOTS of costs to take out...=20
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RE: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 19:34
Remember your daily rate x 3 x 48 = your turnover - which is NOT the same as
your salary - because all your costs have to be taken out first - and what's
left will be your salary (before tax)!
A.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 19:26
On Monday 26 Sep 2005 1:06 pm, Michael Adams wrote:
> Hi Kushel,
>
> Its quite a simple formula really, this is what I find works for me:
>
> ( ( (Think of a salary) / 48 ) / 3 ) =3D=3D Your daily rat...
Re: FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 18:53
Hi Kushel,
Its quite a simple formula really, this is what I find works for me:
( ( (Think of a salary) / 48 ) / 3 ) == Your daily rate
The reason its by 3 is that as a freelancer you quite often g...
FN-FORUM: Charging
date posted 26th September 2005 18:43
Hi,
Im new to this freelancing lark, I could do with a bit of advise about what
I should be charging, anyone out there prepared to give me some pointers on
a charging model? (5 years exp. web develop...
Re: FN-FORUM: Different Google question
date posted 26th September 2005 18:34
Just a pointer for your subdomain, http://mr-t.weve-got.com would be
the best URL for SEO, at least for google anyway.
Good Luck....
Re: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 17:44
Andy Copland wrote:
>
> I had one of the kneeling chairs for a while. Bit of a double-edged sword=
.
> Great if you get it setup by someone who knows what they are doing - dead=
ly
> if you don't.
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 17:41
I got my mate who's a chartered physio to sort me out. You need to make =
sure that you get a chair that adjusts in all manner of directions so =
that you sit in it properly. And then you need a desk...
RE: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 17:34
I had one of the kneeling chairs for a while. Bit of a double-edged =
sword.
Great if you get it setup by someone who knows what they are doing - =
deadly
if you don't.
I would suggest finding a pro...
Re: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 17:24
Just when I was looking for a comfortable computer chair...now I am
wondering if it is possible to work from a beanbag! Am seriously wondering
though, if anyone has any thoughts on decent (but still...
Re: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 17:23
O'Reilly's 'Creating Web Applications with MySQL and PHP' was always a
good starting point. It covered stuff that you need to know, such as
database theory (eg normal forms, cardinality etc), langua...
RE: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 17:12
Not what you want to hear... But :-)
http://www.leatherbeanbag.co.uk/
I have a bean chair :D fantastically comfortable! Can't recommend it =
enough.
Not what you would call cheap though!
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 16:54
>=20
> Good heavens - I though it was just Students who went in for them in the=
=20
> 7O's not their Mothers. I never fancied having one myself.
Well they are annoying when things slide around and...
Re: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 16:51
Good heavens - I though it was just Students who went in for them in the
7O's not their Mothers. I never fancied having one myself.
Pam
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Re: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 16:41
yOn Mon, 26 Sep 2005, gconnect wrote:
>=20
> That takes me back to when I was a Student - Pam
>=20
My gran still has my thomas the tank engine beanbag but thats kept at her=
=20
house :)
Rus
e: [EM...
RE: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 16:37
do you have a picture or link ?
>
> Got two in fake suade from B&Q on saturday - beige and chocolate (OK
> brown)
> £15 each
>
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RE: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 15:38
Got two in fake suade from B&Q on saturday - beige and chocolate (OK brown)
£15 each
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RE: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 15:38
Unfortunately not :( They seem to be quite over priced for what they
really are!
Still, I managed to get two bags for free from Freecyle;
http://www.freecycle.org/
Worth asking, you never know!
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 15:06
That takes me back to when I was a Student - Pam
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Subject: FN-FORUM: beanbags
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> any...
FN-FORUM: beanbags
date posted 26th September 2005 14:48
anyone bought a bean bag recent;ly that doesn't cost more than what they
are worth?
Lookig for an old style bean bag that seems to have been replaced by a
£100 version!
beanbags who would have thou...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd installation Problem
date posted 26th September 2005 14:25
I have had similar problems in the past installing Windows etc. It seems to
me that sometimes the install doesn't read the CD correctly for whatever
reason. I have usually had better success copying...
FN-FORUM: Omnicrom machine
date posted 26th September 2005 13:29
I know it's ages ago now, but someone was looking for
an omnicrom machine (a heat-seal foiling system used
with safmat & foils) - very hard to get hold of now,
but we have one that's just 2 years old...
Re: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 13:03
jd wrote:
> To clarify
>
> Would I find it easier to use a GUI like phpadmin on an sql database on a
> remote website - rather than running sql locally and uploading it ?
Your a little confused here...
FN-FORUM: Odd installation Problem
date posted 26th September 2005 12:55
Hi,
Trying to install XP Pro SP2 onto a PC that's currently got XP Home. XP =
Home works fine, but when I try and install from the XP Pro CD I get a =
selection of problems;
Cannot find file \i386\n...
RE: FN-FORUM: Different Google question
date posted 26th September 2005 12:54
Thanks very much Jeremy. I'll get to it!
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Re: FN-FORUM: Different Google question
date posted 26th September 2005 12:44
Hi Ian,
Hope you don't mind me being frank but looking at the first site it
is a pretty good example of how not to code a site for SEO. There is
oodles of code in there that is either not requir...
Re: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 12:43
My advice would be to buy a cheap box, install linux, apache, mysql and perl
(or PHP if you must). Use google to help with the installs if the README /
INSTALL docs don't suffice.
Configuring an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 12:10
To clarify
Would I find it easier to use a GUI like phpadmin on an sql database on a
remote website - rather than running sql locally and uploading it ?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 12:04
jd wrote:
> I am working as an image retoucher in the main, I have created several
> static websites in the past and am looking at possibly taking the
> plunge into looking at php/mysql and ecommerce...
Re: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 11:54
Thanks for the replies - will check them out - basically the more automatic
the better !
On 26/9/05 5:09 am, "stephen gibson" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> John
> I'm not sure if you are looking to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 11:51
First Read the books to get the basics, (one problem with ever book I read,
they don't give sufficient practical application) then download scripts (not
my idea, but a good one) and start altering the...
RE: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 10:56
John
I'm not sure if you are looking to learn to program so you can hand
code the sites or are looking for a code generator like easygen. If you
are looking to learn to program then local colleges...
RE: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 10:38
I'd have a look at an app called easygen - www.easygen.com. I'm using it at
this very moment after buying it last night. They have a demo that produces
one page. Easy walk through tutorials blah, bl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Different Google question
date posted 26th September 2005 10:33
Hi,
Try this website: http://t.weve-got.com
That's my Mr T website. I've had to neglect it for a while unfortunately,
but I am currently redoing it. You can see the new one at
http://test.weve-got.com...
RE: FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 10:25
I've always learnt as a go, take the plunge, get stuck and find =
solutions,
make mistakes and learn from them.
As for GUI mySQL admin, you want mySQL control centre and for backups =
and db
conversi...
FN-FORUM: Courses on dynamic website creation
date posted 26th September 2005 10:14
Hello
I am working as an image retoucher in the main, I have created several
static websites in the past and am looking at possibly taking the plunge
into looking at php/mysql and ecommerce using dre...
FN-FORUM: Barclays CPI
date posted 26th September 2005 09:59
Hello,
Does anybody have any experience of Barclaycard CPI?
I have implemented the encryption and form processing side of things, but am
dreading trawling through the 200 page pdf manual to sort out...
Re: FN-FORUM: Different Google question
date posted 26th September 2005 09:15
Hi Ian,
There are a set of basic "rules" that forms the best practice on site
construction but at the end of the day it remains an inexact
science. Do you have an example URL and a set of phrase...
FN-FORUM: Different Google question
date posted 26th September 2005 08:35
Hi all, this is my first email so it's an honour to send questions to you
lot ;o)
I can get my sites quite high up on most search engines, but I never seem to
be able to get anywhere on google. I can...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Great site: http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/
date posted 26th September 2005 07:44
Hi,
Sorry to come back to this email now...
Who are the 'creators' of this website ?
A
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