Freelance

Following the success of its Fund101 business-funding scheme, Enterprise Nation has launched another initiative to help support the small business and start-up community.

If you’re lucky, then you get to do what you love for a living, like Emily Parker.

“I'm a freelance illustrator and have been drawing continuously ever since I first grasped a crayon,” says Emily, whose self-portrait is shown here.

What’s it like to be a young freelancer today?

Today sees the launch of PCG’s new e-book the ‘Guide to Freelancing’ - self styled as a roadmap to successfully running a freelancing business for both start-ups and seasoned professionals.

Outsource UK is based in Swindon, Wiltshire, and specialises in placing IT personnel in permanent, interim and contract roles throughout the UK and further afield. Here, Sales Director Andrea Williams writes about how to locate the recruiters best suited for your needs.

Not all business start-ups need £50,000+ and a Dragon mentor. For some, £500 is enough to buy that essential piece of equipment or hardware that will transform their fledgling business. This is why FM loves Fund101, the new initiative launched by Enterprise Nation.

In May 2010, freelance photographer Grant Smith was scouting for a location on London Wall for a portrait of an architect he had been commissioned to shoot.

While wandering around Five Aldermanbury Square, Smith was approached by security guards who asserted he couldn’t photograph the building.