02/05/2026
**Being self employed**
Everyone thinks youre loaded, and have no need for money.
People also think you have endless time to yourself and can do what you want.
Can I just confirm for all those guys and girls...
That,
Running a business takes much more time and effort than just turning up to a mon-fri job, that requires clocking in and out and obviously some effort or youll be finished
Being self employed means missing events, missing birthdays, managing jobs, planning works, managing times and quality, and ill also remind folk, that sometimes things go wrong, so you also have to deal with complaints and put things right.
Thats just scratching the surface!
Bottom line, you have to manage getting paid, 💸 so you have to gather prices, not just one price, but several prices to ensure you buy at the best price, you then have to log hours on jobs, log material costs, log travel costs, then create invoices that need to be delivered by a certain date otherwise you have to wait another how ever many days to get paid, and when that dosent happen, for one reason or another, whether its simply a forgetful mind, or they simply want to hold your money for as long as possible, or even, belive it or not, simply dont want to pay you at all, then this puts your business is at risk of;
* paying your overheads late,
* paying tax late,
* paying vat late,
* paying rent late,
* paying wages late,
* paying your material suppliers late
**most importantly, not providing for your family at home because cash flow has been interrupted.....***
The list goes on, and once this happens, your business is at risk of being took to court, or even shut down because you haven't paid your bills on time, because your clients didnt have the decency to pay you on time! And in some worse cases, its not just the business thats at risk, marriages can be at risk, family homes can be at risk!
Horrifying really when you break it down.
Even after giving clients all your time, all your efforts, buying all the materials, supplied and completed the job...the outcome would always be the same, zero respect, zero empathy, zero payment.
I put this down to it being too easy to find a different supplier, cheaper, quicker, better, what ever, making the original supplier a past thought and irrelevant along with the outstanding invoices.
This is sadly the beautiful Britain we live in where noone gives a flying f**k about anyone but themselves.
So,
Im hoping its just because its Bank holiday.
But 5 companies have let me down this week by not paying me.
Ive still paid my lads, as I wont see lads go without money.
Now im left unpaid,
So im hoping its just because its bank holiday, but realistically, folk like me need paying on time, so I can pay lads and keep money on their tables.
If I dont get paid then all the above happens and eventually it could fold my Company and watch several lads lose their jobs, several families lose their provider..
It's not a good scenario, to say the least!
So please share my work posts so I can keep lads in work and keep families together
