'How to become self employed' lists the main points you should consider in the early stages of starting out as self-employed. The text and ideas are an original work devised by Alison Branagan (© 2002), a London based arts consultant, previously entitled Seven Steps to Self-Employment.

For more information on Alison's work, visit her website.

This web guide was last updated: November 2008

To view a version of this article focusing on the specific needs of disabled artists see the DaDa South website resources.  These articles can be downloaded in either PDF or Word documents.