Why Offices Need Pets

It’s not that your office is an unpleasant place to work, or that you don’t like your co-workers. Sometimes (okay, always), pets just make everything better...

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams25 January 2018Co-working Cats, Co-working Dogs, Co-working Pets, Office Cats, Office Dogs, Office Pets

YES! Freelancers’ best business decisions of 2017

BIG IDEAS AND SMALL TWEAKS – WHAT WORKED FOR US THIS YEAR

People who ask freelancers ‘What is the best business decision you made this year?’ might expect to hear tales of ‘lightbulb’ moments of entrepreneurial genius, which led to an avalanche of sales and success...

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams29 December 2017Business best practice, Business Tips, Freelancing Tips 2017

Oops! The biggest mistakes freelancers made in 2017

THE RESULTS ARE IN – AND THEY WILL SURPRISE YOU...

One question every freelancer should ask themselves at the end of the year is: “What is the biggest mistake you made in the last 12 months?”

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams28 December 2017freelancing mistakes, small business mistakes, startup mistakes

Weekend co-working: Start your business without quitting your day job!

Here’s the conundrum: You’ve got a brilliant business idea but no time to develop it because you’re working full-time. Quit your day job and you’ll have no money. But do nothing about your brainwave and you’ll always wonder “What if..?” So, what’s the solution?

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams9 June 2017Weekend Coworker, Weekend Coworking

Meet the coworking Night Owls (when you're going home, they're just getting started)

As night falls, most people are packing up to go home, or meet friends for drinks or dinner. But for one group of ambitious entrepreneurs, the second half of their day is just getting started as they get to work on their new business, sideline or passion project from a co-working office.

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams4 April 2017Coworking Nightowls, Coworking Offpeak, Coworking Overnight, Evening Coworking, Hot desk Nightowls, Hot Desk Offpeak, Night Time Coworking, Part Time Coworking, Side Business

“Did you just SNEEZE?” Why freelancers are phobic about getting sick

If there’s one thing we freelancers find more terrifying than the end of the tax year, it’s the sound of anyone near us sneezing.

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams13 February 2017Freelance holiday pay, freelance insurance, Freelance sick pay

Public Speaking Checklist

Public speaking is said to be the number one fear for business owners. Death is number two...

Public SpeakingBleddyn Williams16 January 2017Public Speaking checklist

Survived 2016 as a freelancer? 7 reasons to be proud of yourself

Staggering towards December 31st feeling bruised and battered by the previous year? You’re not alone – especially if you’re among the growing army of freelancers in the UK.

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams13 December 20162016 freelance roundup, Freelancing Tips

Would you use a stand-up walking treadmill desk at the office?

Would you like to burn-off those extra calories from that large business lunch? Or get your daily 10,000 steps while you're still at the office tapping away at your laptop?

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams27 January 2016stand up desk, stand up treadmill desk, treadmill desk, walking treadmill

FAB MARKETING: FEATURE, ADVANTAGE, BENEFIT

Stop Listing Features and start selling Benefits...

MarketingBleddyn Williams24 October 2015Feature Advantage Benefit, Features to Benefits, Marketing Advantages, Marketing Benefits, Marketing Features

HOW TO REGISTER FOR VAT

Should you register for VAT?

FinanceBleddyn Williams23 October 2015HMRC Vat, How to register for VAT, VAT registration

HOW TO DELAY AN EMAIL

Want to teach your clients to contact you during normal business hours? Try this...

Productivity ToolsBleddyn Williams22 October 2015Delay Email, How to Delay and Email

HOW TO USE THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE

You know that thing you've been putting off forever? Well this may be the solution to getting started...

Bleddyn Williams20 October 2015Pomodoro Timer, Productivity Tools, Simple Pomodoro, Staffan Noteberg, The Pomodoro Technique

What is Coworking?

Being self-employed or working on a freelance basis can be very rewarding however it can also make you feel isolated and cut-off from your peers.

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams2 April 2015coworking faq, coworking history, coworking research, what is co-working, what is coworking

Virtual Office Space - Our Top 7 tips for choosing

Top Tips for choosing a Virtual Office in London

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams10 November 2014mail forwarding, mailing address, meeing space, meeting space, registered address, telephone answering, trading address, Virtual Office, Virtual Office London, virtual office tips, virtual offices

Work from Home Vs Coworking

Having worked from home for over 3 years before starting at the Rentadesk coworking community here's my rundown of the good and bad of working from home vs a coworking space.

UncategorizedBleddyn Williams2 November 2014work from home, work from home ideas, working from home, working from home ideas