Comments on: Freelancing in the UK: the ‘ups and downs’ http://www.thecvstore.net/blog/freelancing-uk/ site updates, employment news, and more! Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:36:38 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: M Smith http://www.thecvstore.net/blog/freelancing-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-5444 M Smith Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:46:21 +0000 http://www.thecvstore.net/blog/?p=178#comment-5444 "Banks and other lenders may be more circumspect about lending to freelancers, but if you have 3 years of accounts to demonstrate that you can make your way and pay your bills, then you will not experience significantly more problems than anyone else." True. Banks are a lot more hesitant to lend to freelancers because we are seen as 'less stable' than regular employees. However, I actually read in this feature that bank loans are now available to freelancers with "good business models" --> http://freelancesupermarket.com/news/2009/11/29/business-loans-are-available-to-freelancers-with-good-business-models.aspx. “Banks and other lenders may be more circumspect about lending to freelancers, but if you have 3 years of accounts to demonstrate that you can make your way and pay your bills, then you will not experience significantly more problems than anyone else.”

True. Banks are a lot more hesitant to lend to freelancers because we are seen as ‘less stable’ than regular employees.

However, I actually read in this feature that bank loans are now available to freelancers with “good business models” –> http://freelancesupermarket.com/news/2009/11/29/business-loans-are-available-to-freelancers-with-good-business-models.aspx.

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