Parker Harris are providing seven videos which are free to view - about advice for those trying to succeed in the art market. The series The Artist's Guide to Success in 2024 is via their artist mentoring programme on The Art Ladder only available from Wednesday 24 January to 31 January  The videos are by a number of reputable people and are as follows ​Matthew Flowers, Director of the renowned Flowers Gallery, tells you what galleries look for Sandra Higgins, art advisor, shares tips to grow your profile at any age. Sandra is the past Vice-Chairman of t ..read more

As many of you will already know (if you read your emails!), Feedburner is terminating its email subscriber service in July - so I need to find a new home for my subscribers to Art Business Info for Artists - NEW. I'm trialling follow.it for the email service for all those subscribed to this blog. This should be the last email you get via Feedburner - when I work out how to switch off the Feedburner code for transmission!  Should you get two sets of emails by mistake, I'd appreciate if you could let me know! The good news is you shouldn't need to do anything! That's because I'll be get ..read more

Covid or no covid, in the UK: if you are self-employed AND run an unincorporated business AND generate total business income (that's turnover not profit) of more than £10,000 per year you MUST submit Income Tax Self Assessments ONLINE from April 2023. I'm guessing most artists are already online with their tax returns - but for those of you who are not, now is the time to get your act together if you generate more than £10k turnover p.a. HMRC are providing a lot of help in terms of how to make it easier to get your tax right and manage your tax affairs more efficiently.  The new ..read more

In times which are stressful, artists are apt to form groups to support one another - including unions. ​There are some interesting examples from the past where this has happened in relation to once in a lifetime events, such as the Irish Potato Famine and World War 2. Art Business Info for Artists has a new page about Artists Unions. The page includes brief information organised according to geographical area name of the union brief extract from what they are about membership subscription details information about what they do and packages of support information are available via their we ..read more

IF - in addition to employment income you earn - you earn (or aim to earn) more than £10,000 per annum from your self-employment you need to be aware that "Making Tax Digital" (MTD) is becoming MANDATORY for all unincorporated businesses (that includes sole traders) and landlords with TOTAL business or property income above £10,000 per year as from April 2023. Basically this means any artist or art organisation that aims to earn a living or significant income - 0f £10k p.a. or more - other than from being employed by others will need to comply with the requireme ..read more

The UK Government this week launched a new campaign to help businesses and individuals prepare for the end of the Transition period - out of the EU - on 31 December 2020. This is a video published by the Cabinet Office. There is a new page on the Gov.Uk website for the UK Transition i.e. all matters relating to the transition period after the UK leaves the European Union on 31 December 2020. If you need to keep up to date with matters relating to the transition out of the EU I suggest you sign up for the regular updates - which can be personalised to your interests Answer a few que ..read more