If you have incurred a loss in your self employment business, you are entitled to relief for such losses.

Grant funding is traditionally the best-known type of funding for artists. Consequently, it is a highly competitive field with many more people applying for grants than can be supported.

Fundraising can be a full-time occupation, so what can you do if you want to get more effective at applying for grants without it taking over your life?.

The less money you spend, the less you’ll need to earn or raise. Before you think about raising your income, work out if you can reduce your expenditure.

Everyone has a slightly different situation when it comes to his or her current earning and potential to turn a profit.

JobSeeker’s Allowance (JSA) is the main benefit for people of 'working age' who are out of work. People who are out of work (or working less than 16 hours per week on average) are eligible, as long as they are capable of working, available for work, actively seeking work and below state pension age.

When I start trading, even with my part-time job, what if I hardly make any money? How will I pay my rent?.

Before starting the process of business start-up we need to think about money.

There is much confusion over the new VAT rules due to come into force on January 1st 1993 as part of the European Single Market.

If you can't be available for full-time work (and are therefore ineligible for JobSeeker's Allowance) and don't have enough money to live on, you may be able to get Income Support benefit instead.