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Are you more productive when you work from home than you were when you worked in an office? Here are the working from home distractions, as revealed in a survey by iVillage.co.uk:
The Kitchen
The children
Personal calls and visits
Housework
The skiving urge

“The first thing you must do when working from home is set up a designated work space”, says Ronita Dutta, editor at iVillage.co.uk. “By having a designated work area, you are mentally putting yourself in an office environment even if you don’t have a separate room. This is especially important for women who work from home as they tend to want to multitask to save time”. (more…)

When starting a home business, you know there are loads of benefits. You’re in control of your time, save hours on your daily commute and have a comfortable place to work. Now, new research from home business website Enterprise Nation shows that you can gain in the region of £30,000 by starting a business from home. A home office will add to the value of your home PLUS you will save on  ever increasing fuel costs and motoring expenses. (more…)

Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation has a brand new book out, and has some tips to share if you want to run a successful home business:

1. Do something you love. Let your business idea be based on a passion, hobby or skill. That way it will never really feel like work! (more…)

1,400 home businesses are started every week in the UK and ‘mum’ businesses contribute an estimated £4.4billion to the economy, and now HMRC are putting their weight behind the growing trend, with new tax breaks for people working at home. 

New guidance in HMRC manuals, published on their website, contain examples of the level and nature of home expenses that can be claimed. There are two areas of particular interest: specific expenses and mixed use of premises.

A new element is termed ‘fixed costs’ and includes mortgage interest, Council tax and home insurance, and for the first time HMRC are allowing a proportion of these costs to be claimed against the income of your business if certain criteria are met, such as: (more…)