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Working five to nine: How a new breed of part-time entrepreneurs are redefining business

Press release

03 Sep 2014

Thousands of new part-time self-employed entrepreneurs are set to change the face of British business, as their growing numbers bring new ways of working and challenge what we consider to be the very purpose of running a business, according to a new report by the RSA.
Self-employed: £74 a week poorer but happier and more fulfilled finds RSA report

Press release

28 May 2014

Boom times: Self-employed increase by over 180,000 in the first quarter of 2014. ‘One-person businesses’ represent 95 percent of growth in self-employed since 2000 with many firms shedding second workers. 84 percent of self-employed more satisfied than in conventional job. Call for urgent review of Government policy on self-employment.
Call to recognise the entrepreneurialism of the informal economy

Press release

13 Sep 2012

The Government's punitive approach towards tackling undeclared work discourages entrepreneurs from registering their businesses and costs the taxpayer £4bn every year according to a report published by the RSA.