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I think a good exercise for any designer... I noticed this with our company that our designers spend a lot of time on work but the chargeable time doesn't match. It does make sense of course because you cant charge a customer for every minute spent and sometimes the price needs to be favourable...

Hi It has been mentioned before that a lot of designers charge around £20-30 per hour on graphic design BUT they aren't working to their full capacity. Although it would be perfect to work 8 hours a day at £30 an hour, from the other poll about average design charges that wasn't the case. How...

Hi We are getting more design work than we would like to be dealing with at the moment. We are looking to pass on the work to a designer who would deal with our clients in our name. If you are interested please contact me anytime after 5pm on 07985 94 92 93. Best Regards Damian

As a rule, anything you would write on has to have VAT. leaflets are 0% rated, but if you have a table or space to write on, you have to charge VAT. if there is a perforation or a voucher, same thing, plus 20% vat. You might be right about the "necessity" as leaflets are considered essential to...

Lol, not often seen the description you used for tax people! but thats really good! :)

Hi everyone What is the most popular item that you sell? As we sell print, we probably get mostly A5 double sided leaflets. second most popular item is matt laminated busienss card. Do you find it to be the same case, or do you focus on more specialised designs? Damian

This thread has been going for a while now! :) as i have mentioned, we charge £39 per hour. Although i'd like to think we are one of the cheapest in print, we certainly arent when it comes to design. To be perfectly honest, if a freelancer charges £20 per hour, and I charge £39, I will see MUCH...

What do you get asked during VAT inspections?

lol I can see that happening! but its true too, you cant tell your customer that your're not sure whether there is vat on an item or not. You will look like you dont know your own business.

What sort of busiensses do you work for? I was wondering because we have to deal with a variety of clients randing from one man bands to international clients so try to be in the middle with the price. I used to work for a local printer which charged £49+vat and used to work for a national...

1) change your name (personal opinion), you cant ring a reputable company and pronounce that, or even answer the phone with that name :) on a serious note 2) get a proper website, try to have at least 5 pages, with relevant content, make it look like it wasnt made up in a couple of hours. Its...

I completely agree. I don't think design should be sold below a certain price. My point was, There are companies which charge £200 per hour, and companies that charge £30, and in this climate most people "unfortunately" decide to cut down their budgets. As stupid as it sounds, most companies cut...

Really useful poll, but I disagree that showing the prices would "shame" any business. You are just hitting a different market. Some companies charge £100 per hour and work for some prestigious firms, and some charge £10 per hour and deal with one man bands. Correct me if I'm wrong but its...

Hi I was wondering, if you are a freelance designer, or printer etc. how much do you charge for your creative services? We charge our customers £39 per hour plus vat but we mainly print from print ready artowork and prefer to work with designers or resellers. I'm asking because we find that...

i would NOT use the logo or any branding without contacting the company first. Like bigdave said, if its a stockists etc you will probably be ok anyway, BUT most companies will have branding guidelines (ie. what background should be, what resolution, etc etc) Source: we have done a promotion...