Sticking with the self-employed

Halving your customers overnight might not seem like a good idea on the face of it, but Dublin accountant Sinead Doherty did just that when she decided to cut clients loose to focus solely on self-employed contractors and freelancers.

Doherty had been running her Tyrrelstown practice, Fenero, for four years when she decided, in 2013, to begin the transition from general financial services to a more streamlined outfit.

“Focusing on contractors made sense,” ...