Speakers
Radhika Holmström
Gary King
Susie Jackson AITI
Sarah Townsend
Alun Gruffydd MITI
Panel
Panellists will discuss what they see as the most pressing issues at the current time of running your own freelance business, with the opportunity for you to ask questions and contribute your own thoughts via the chat.
Radhika Holmström has been the editor of ITI Bulletin since the May-June 2018 issue.
She has been a freelance journalist for around 20 years now, following a first career running press offices in the voluntary sector. She has written for a wide range of publications, including national newspapers, trade journals and women's glossy magazines, and has also worked as health editor on several monthly titles and lectured in journalism at Middlesex University and Goldsmiths. Radhika co-wrote Understanding family diversity and home-school relations (Routledge).
She can be reached at editor@iti.org.uk and by tweeting @ITIBulletin.
Gary King – Helping business owners to have the freedom to choose where, when and how they work.
After 25 years in high-growth businesses delivering results at a senior level, Gary knew he could use his skills to help SMEs. A straight-talking, no-nonsense Yorkshireman, he now helps ambitious business owners create the freedom to make choices about their life through a range of online and in-person programmes.
Having turned around his business and his lifestyle when struggling in the first few years, Gary now runs three successful businesses and it’s his experience he uses to help other entrepreneurs ditch the guilt, start earning what they are worth, and have the ability to make choices about how they spend their time. He creates what many hard-working business owners are missing – the freedom to choose.
Gary is also Director and Northern Regional Head for the Association of Business Mentors, and sits on the Executive Team.
Susie Jackson is a Spanish-to-English translator and copy editor specialising in academic texts for the social sciences. She also mentors freelancers on pricing to help them figure out how much they should be charging and how to raise their rates with clients so that they can earn a decent living doing what they love.
Connect with Susie on Instagram (@the.organizedfreelancer) or read about her free resources to help with pricing and finances on her website.
Sarah Townsend is a freelance copywriter and author of Survival Skills for Freelancers. In her bestselling guide to self-employment, Sarah shares strategies for tackling the ups and downs all freelancers face, based on her 20+ years of experience, backed up by research, resources and quotes from over 100 freelancers.
The Amazon #1 bestseller has been described as “absolute gold”, “a pocket business coach”, “warm wisdom” and “an instant gem”, and is available exclusively on Amazon in all territories, in paperback, Kindle and audiobook formats.
Sarah's Links
Survival Skills for Freelancers: https://amzn.to/2Y1z1cw
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stecopywriting
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahtownsendeditorial/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thecopywritersday AND http://instagram.com/stecopywriting
Copywriting website: https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk
SSFF website: https://survivalskillsforfreelancers.com
Alun Gruffydd MITI is the director of Bla Translation Ltd, a Welsh translation company based in Anglesey. From sole trader to a company with 10 employees within six years, Bla Translation recently won a prestigious Best Business in North Wales award. His early career was in archaeology, museums and the heritage sector but qualified as a translator during that time. This dabbling in translation led to a leap into the profession full-time in 2013 when the urge to run his own business became too powerful.
Clare Suttie, Director of Atlas Translations, leads her exceptional team from the front. She is still as involved in the day-to-day work at Atlas Translations as she was when she founded the company in 1991. Her ethos is to always offer a personal, quality-oriented service to each client while also building strong relationships with the translators and interpreters working with Atlas. In addition to running Atlas Translations, Clare runs a family, which she would argue is far more demanding. Based in Devon, Clare’s family includes one husband, three children, four chickens, and a generous number of cats.
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https://www.atlas-translations.co.uk
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