UK start-up Crunch today disrupted the accountancy industry by offering its accountancy software service Solo free to customers. By offering a free service AFTER the launch of its premium service, the company has turned on its head the so-called Freemium model. Apparently the software ‘is identical to Crunch’s original premium product and allows users to [...]
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Female entrepreneurs are doing it for themselves… and their families
Today is International Women’s Day and new research commissioned by online accountants Crunch shows that the challenge facing UK female entrepreneurs is as tough as it ever was. According to Simply Business, in 2011 there was a 12% increase in the number of women setting up their business and now nearly a third of business [...]
Six easy steps to set up a UK business – Part Five
This is the fifth episode in the six-step guide to setting up your own business and, as a Cat Stevens song once explained, we’ve come a long way. We have already spoken about how easy it is to get started and how these straitened and austere times mean that becoming an entrepreneur is not only [...]
Six easy steps to set up a UK business – Part Two
There’s nothing like setting up a company for making you feel good. Instead of describing yourself as a consultant or between jobs or even freelancing, knowing that you are a founder and CEO does wonders for self-esteem and those awkward dinner parties. Moreover, as the Bard once said, necessity is the mother of invention and [...]
Six easy steps to set up a business – Part One
Many years ago I came back to the UK after a long time on the road to a Thatcherite revolution where the markets had been unleashed and poor little wannabe Commies such as I were yesterday’s news. It was a nightmare. Mammon ruled OK and the country’s assets were being sold off to investors. What [...]
