Self Employed or Limited Company

It’s a bit of a difficult choice to make.  Do I set up under my own name or set up a Limited Company?  Most of my research work is undertaken in my own name and all articles and presentations I have given have been authored and presented by me.  It would be useful then to use my own name in this respect.

The flip side says that people want to deal with a reputable business or may perhaps prefer the experience of dealing with a business set up for that purpose.  Of course even being self employed means you have to set up your business properly too.

There are other areas aroud liability and so that needs to be looked at as well.  That’s before you start looking at the regulations surrounding the handling and storage of data, local taxes, distance selling and a raft of others too no doubt.

I know no one thought it was going to be easy but there are a lot of things to consider.