Business Resources

Business resources for freelancers, contractors and small businesses

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We provide a range of professional business resources for freelancers, contractors and small businesses in the UK.

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Market Research:

Google Trends
Crunch Base
Companies House
DueDil
Company Check
Google Consumer Barometer
Similar Web
Statista
SpyFu
Owler
Uber Suggest

Bank Accounts:

Anna Money
Coconut
Tide
Revolut
Starling
Lloyds
Barclays
HSBC

Insurance:

Digital Risks
Simply Business
Kingsbridge

Website:

Moz
Uber Suggest
Hotjar
CrazyEgg
Optimizely
SEMRush
Geckoboard
Mixpanel

Collaboration:

Google Hangouts
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Zoom
Uber Conference
Yammer
Podio
Trello
Click Up
Evernote

CRM:

Hubspot for startups:
Basecamp:
Intercom:
Streak:

Customer Support:

Zendesk
Buffer Reply

Design:

99 Designs
Dribbble
InVision
Sketch
Adobe Creative Cloud
Coolors
Webflow
Google Design: https://design.google/resources/
Zeplin

Domains

Google Domains
GoDaddy
Name Cheap
Name
Namelix
Namemesh
Brandpa
Namechk

Website:

Shopify
Webflow
Square Space
Wix
Woo Commerce
Instapage
Waitlisted

Finance

Free Forma Accounting Software
Expensify
Xero
Quickbooks
Free Agent
Receipt Bank

Surveys:

Survey Monkey
Google Forms
Typeform
Outgrow

Reading/ Learning:

Medium
Blinkist
Google Ventures Library
How to Start a startup
Startup Notes
Udacity
Reddit

Trends:

Buzz Sumo
Google News

Resources:

Really Good Emails
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Our knowledge base

Explore our range of resources created by our team of expert accountants and advisors.

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Just Starting

The best business bank account: Tide, Revolut, Starling or Metro?

Female contractor happy about getting paid after invoicing her clients

Just Starting

How to make and send an invoice for your clients

Toy blocks that include the number 5 in roman numerals depicting five ways to get paid

Just Starting

5 invoice template tools to help you invoice when self employed

Lady in the rain holding a red umbrella needs insurance for her business

Just Starting

What business insurance do I need?

An insurance broker explaining cover to a business customer

Just Starting

What is an insurance broker?

Numerous umbrellas of different colour depicting the many layers of liability insurance

Just Starting

Understanding how business liability insurances protects your company

Time, money and a home is all that is required to get a mortgage

Already Started

What mortgage can I get when self employed?

7 lemons representing the 7 reasons why small businesses fail

Already Started

7 reasons why businesses fail and how not to

Employer doing on-boarding after hiring her first employee

Growing Business

10 new business obligations when hiring your first employee

Female independent contractor reading a message from a potential client

Growing Business

Guide to employing or hiring contractors

Company employees holding a business meeting paid through a business account without employee expenses

Growing Business

7 benefits of Business Bank Accounts over reimbursing employee expenses

Two entrepreneurs conducting a business meeting at a coffee shop

Growing Business

How to stop holding meetings in cafes without renting an office

Early morning thoughts and empowering breakfast to help optimise entrepreneurial morning routine

Growing Business

How to optimise your entrepreneurial morning routine

Brexit preparations are now at the stage where the transition should be fairly smooth, even in the event of a no deal.

Growing Business

Don't sweat the Brexit business impact