Finance For Freelancers

Creating a secure financial footing for your freelance career, particularly in difficult economic times, will leave you free to concentrate on being brilliant! This one day workshop shows you how to keep within the regulations and not waste time, whilst making the most of your finances. We'll take a look at the tax system, work out what National Insurance is for, and take the terror out of cash flow planning, record-keeping and VAT.

You’ll also receive ready-made downloadable spreadsheets and templates, with access to follow-up support through David Thomas Media.

It's the workshop you can't afford to miss!

Tutor: David Thomas is a highly experienced broadcaster and trainer. He spent more than 20 years with the BBC, and set up David Thomas Media in 2005 to provide organisational and communication skills training.

Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm

Cost: £90/£115/£125

Cancellation Policy

We appreciate that when circumstances change you may no longer be able to attend a training course you have already booked and paid for.

While we will always try our best to accommodate any alterations to your plans, the BECTU sector of Prospect has a standard cancellation policy which is as follows:

Individual bookings

• If you notify us by phone or email at least seven full days before the scheduled course date, you will not be charged and will be refunded in full any course fees you have paid.
• Cancellations that are less than seven full days before the course date will be charged at 50% of the total course fee, with 50% refunded. This is unless you can demonstrate extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not attend the course and/or fail to notify us in advance, you will be charged the full course fee.
• If you notify us by phone or email up to three days in advance of the course that you can no longer make the booked training, we can transfer you once to another course scheduled within the calendar year.
• We are unable to reimburse any non-transferable travel or accommodation expenses that may arise from a course being rescheduled or cancelled.

Bulk bookings (two or more tickets booked)

• If you notify us by phone or email at least 14 full days before the scheduled course date, you will not be charged and will be refunded in full any course fees you have paid.
• For any cancellation you make that is less than 14 full days before the course date, you will be charged 50% of the total course fee, with 50% refunded ­­­­- unless you can demonstrate extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not attend the course and/or fail to notify us in advance you will be charged the full course fee.
• If you notify us by phone or email seven days in advance of the course that you can no longer make the booked training, we can transfer you once to another course scheduled within the calendar year.
• We are unable to reimburse any non-transferable travel or accommodation expenses that may arise from a course being rescheduled or cancelled.

BECTU sector reserves the right to cancel courses without liability. However, where possible, delegates will be offered an alternative date or a full refund.

BECTU is a sector of Prospect, and provides training courses for members and non-members. In accordance with guidance issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Prospect is a “data controller” for the purposes of your personal data. The Vocational training course privacy notice can be downloaded here

Prospect is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with our obligations under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.

The data that you have provided or your company has provided is to fulfil our contractual obligations, and the processing of the data supplied by you is necessary for the performance of the contract to which you have entered into with Prospect/BECTU.

The personal data we would like to collect from you are:

• Name
• Contact Details
• Email
• Union membership number
• Qualifications
• Age
• Language

The personal data we collect will be used for the following purposes:

• Administration of the online booking process
• To contact you regarding any matter arising from your booking or attendance at the course.
• To distribute a student list to the course tutor
• To keep a record of course attendance by the completion of sign in sheets

The special categories of personal data we collect are:

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Disability
• Trade union membership

We will use this data to fulfil our contractual obligations, and the processing of the data supplied by you is necessary for the performance of the contract to which you have entered into with Prospect/BECTU.