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I'm planning to start my own company. I'm not the best at design, so I'll be outsourcing that aspect of the process to a 3rd party. I wanted to know the financial implications of registering as a limited company, compared to merely being a sole trader. The thought of labelling myself as an MD is very appealing. .

What reports / returns do you need to provide for both an Ltd and Sole trader ?

I'm trying to assess any potential accounting costs in order to make a decision.

I've toyed with the idea of going freelance for a while. I did some work last year then left it for a bit as I got myself a job as a software engineer. Well, now I'm planning to perform freelance website development in my spare time.

I've got a mate who's great with design, as he's a graphic designer. So I want to go in on it with it. So I get him to produce the designs for me, and I can then go on to produce the physical website product.

I'm just not sure which way to go with it yet (company wise).

I'm thinking:
- I register as self employed, and trade under a the name i've chosen NAME X.
- My mate also registers as self employed.
- I "contract" out the designing aspect to him on a job-by-job basis. ie. Attain a quote for the work, he produces designs etc.. Once we've come up with an accepted design he then invoices me for the work and I pay him that way.
- I then use that design, produce the website.

This way seemed better to start with. I didn't want to particuarly go down the partnership route at this stage as I need to ensure the balance is going to be right and that we work well as a team. If all goes to plan, then in the future then I think I would take the company to the next level and register as a Ltd. company and go the whole hog. So to speak. But I just wanted to get a second opinion on the way I'm thinking of going about this venture at the moment.

Cheers.

Hi,

I'm new to the whole "VPS" thing. I have some knowledge and can navigate my way around well enough. Having some trouble getting an FTP server configured and setup for remote access.

Was wondering if someone could help me ?

Ubuntu 10.10

Cheers,
Luke.

Hi,

I'm looking for some basic document management / document library software.

I've found this: http://boxroom.rubyforge.org/

Which performs the types of functions I require. Don't need anything more than the features offered by this piece of software. Just wanted to see what other items are about.

Need something where:
- User logs in (authentication via LDAP). [Need to try and integrate this with whatever solution is chosen]
- Users are assigned to user groups, and the directories / folders they can view are defined by these groups.
- Admin group members can view / delete / add items to the folders.

Does anyone know of any solutions that would fit this requirement ? Preferably in either Ruby/Rails or PHP.

Been asked to produce a classified type website, for books. You can list books for free, or pay a premium for featured listings and such. Similar to gumtree. Inclusive of design and all coding.

How much would you expect something like this to cost ? Likewise with how long it could take ? Approximately.

Cheers.