I participated in the new Creative Warwickshire programme, a business development course aimed at creative and digital businesses and freelancers

Freelancing can be a very ‘feast or famine’ way of working, but keeping track of your progress with KPIs is a great way of regaining control.

It's very important to clients that their logos properly represent their company values. How do you design a logo that communicates safety and wellbeing?

Case study: designing a window sign for Sweet As, with photos of their amazing cakes and bespoke illustration. A great way of using a window as an advert!

Should self-employment be bottled as a cure for the common cold? Freelancers can only reminisce about the care-free days of being able to ring in sick.

Just what does a freelance designer do all day anyway? I look back over another year in my freelancing journey.

The creative process behind taking a load of puns and sketches and turning them into a pocket-sized joke book to raise money for The Shakespeare Hospice

I ponder the similarities between swimming and self-employment. Who’s ready for some tenuous metaphors?

The story of Karla's Little German Joke Book, a tribute to my late mother's legendary sense of humour and a fundraising project for The Shakespeare Hospice

Why it's essential for freelancers to get over the fear of blowing their own trumpet (not a euphemism) and learn how to self-promote effectively