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If there are any fast typists out there, Take Note is recruiting at the moment.
http://careers.takenotetyping.com/
I've been one of their freelance transcribers since February this year and so far so good - payment's been on time every month and the staff are lovely
http://careers.takenotetyping.com/
I've been one of their freelance transcribers since February this year and so far so good - payment's been on time every month and the staff are lovely

Home: 06/08: £145,145.00 Currently: £106,249.36 Amount paid off: £38,895.64 (26.8%)
Ethel's: 05/18: £99,000.00 Currently: £99,000.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Tor: 05/18: £82,500.00 Currently: £82,500.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Debt-free: 17/02/2017
Ethel's: 05/18: £99,000.00 Currently: £99,000.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Tor: 05/18: £82,500.00 Currently: £82,500.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Debt-free: 17/02/2017
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Ethel's: 05/18: £99,000.00 Currently: £99,000.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Tor: 05/18: £82,500.00 Currently: £82,500.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Debt-free: 17/02/2017
Thanks for explaining. I got rather excited when I saw on the FAQ section of the website that audio is paid at £25 per hour for full transcription; I now understand that this is the length of the audio rather than the time it takes to complete it.
Having checked out the TakeNote website, it says that you have to register as self employed to work with them. I work full time and was looking to supplement my income this way. Could I still do this? Sorry, this is probably the wrong section to ask in, but this is one of the first times I have posted on this page.
Thanks
SJ
Yes, you can be employed and self-employed at the same time. You can register with HMRC here: https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/registration/newbusiness/introduction
They seem pretty swamped at the moment - an email came out to all transcriptionists this morning asking if anyone wanted extra work and there were a good 40 jobs on it. I've been signing up for shifts 5 or 6 days a week since the end of February and I think there have only been about 4 days when they've had no work for me. I'd been self-employed for ages when I applied to them, I gave them someone I was still in touch with from my last employer, ten years ago, and that was fine. I don't think they ever contacted him.
Don't know about the grade C for English - I assume if you get through all the tests they'd be able to make a judgement call on whether your standard of English was acceptable or not. They very, very rarely get copy typing, I've only seen a couple of jobs go through and quite often they only go to people who can drop into the office and pick up documents, so they don't have to scan them all into PDFs.
Ethel's: 05/18: £99,000.00 Currently: £99,000.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Tor: 05/18: £82,500.00 Currently: £82,500.00 Amount paid off: £0 (0.0%)
Debt-free: 17/02/2017