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Working from home has its advantages and disadvantages. The most obvious benefit is that you don't have to travel to the office.  Another is that you can set your office up exactly as you want.  On the minus side, home working can be intrusive – you are never further than a few feet from your work and paperwork can easily overflow into your living space. This can make it hard to ‘switch off' during evenings and weekends.

Why do you want to become freelance? Is it a voluntary choice or have you been made redundant? You need to examine your reasons. The freelance life doesn't suit everyone. Jackie Mitchell takes a look:

IoIC offers a lot to freelancers, including the circulation of work opportunities, networking, discounts on conferences and advertising, free entry for IoIC members into the online Freelance Directory and much more.