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Blog: 9 Key take-aways from our new report on micro businesses

Blog

12 Jun 2015

Benedict Dellot

Micro businesses have been painted as lightweight, inefficient and an overall drain on our economy. But our research suggests these fears are unfounded.

Will the real self-employed please stand up?

Blog

12 May 2015

Benedict Dellot

Bogus self-employment is spreading. So why are few people talking about it?

Five things YOU can do to help boost the living standards of the self employed

Blog

12 Apr 2015

Mark Pallis

As a ‘think and do’ tank, we want the reports we write to have practical impact. We see RSA Fellows as playing a crucial role in this. Mark Pallis, Head of Project Engagement at the RSA explains what you can do to help bring about change for the Self Employed.

Microbusinesses: economic liability or source of prosperity?

Blog

09 Apr 2015

Benedict Dellot

Microbusinesses are booming in number. But is this a good or bad thing for the UK economy?

8 key take-aways from our new report on self-employment

Blog

26 Mar 2015

Benedict Dellot

This week the RSA launches a new report examining the living standards of the self-employed. Here are eight highlights.

Tax and welfare overhaul needed to protect living standards of UK’s booming self-employed workforce

Press release

26 Mar 2015

The next government must take significant measures to improve the living standards of the most vulnerable self-employed, with further changes to National Insurance, Universal Credit, pensions and maternity pay being key priorities, according to a report published today by the independent RSA think tank.

RSA Insights: time to take self-employment seriously

Video

26 Mar 2015

Ben Dellot discusses "Boosting the living standards of the self-employed", the RSA report examining how workers could be better supported in meaningful and secure self-employment.

Three reasons why the doomsayers are wrong about self-employment

Blog

13 Mar 2015

Benedict Dellot

This week, the Bank of England confirmed what the RSA argues time and again: that most of the self-employed have made a positive choice to work for themselves

Are we entering the Second Age of Small?

Blog

20 Feb 2015

Benedict Dellot

Small businesses are often seen as lightweight, unproductive and inefficient. That may have once been true, but are we now entering an era where small trumps big?