Nearly half of new jobs are people classifying themselves self employed
Hildaonpluto
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Nearly half of the new 1.2 million jobs since the coalition camw to power are peoplw recassifying themselves as selfemployed-for the most part not entrepeurs but insecure employment below £10,000
Sounds like a move to low pay to me.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/14/job-market-instability-self-employed-tuc
Sounds like a move to low pay to me.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/14/job-market-instability-self-employed-tuc
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Good, people must be starting up businesses.
You clearly havent read the article!Self employed ONE employer "businesses"
Great oaks from small acorns grow.
Sadly true and may signal a move to an expanding low wage economy.
Platitudes are meaningless although very tory.
Of course it's moving towards a low wage economy in line with the aims of the EU and freedom of movement.
With the government's war on self-employed people paying reduced tax becoming self-employed is not necessarily as attractive as it once was.
The EU and our future governments will not be satisfied until we reach a state of high tax, low wage, high population, an oversupply of workers (both skilled and unskilled) in order to drive wages down further and control the majority of the population.
I believe the economy is rapidly moving towards a modern version of a 19th century economy. Maybe we have a couple of world wars to look forward to that will create a new world order with China pulling the strings.
Perhaps I'm being too cynical, but increasingly higher house prices, increasingly lower wages and the consequence of an increasing gap between rich and poor I find it difficult to be optimistic.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/economic-issues/economic-analysis/labour-market/labour-market-and-economic-reports/more-two-five-new
So basically it's all about the unemployment figures looking good, a bit like the creation of jobs in the public sector by Labour was.
Both can still rely on benefits to top up wages.
I bet I wouldn't be far wrong if I suggest this organisation are somewhat responsible for encouraging self employment:
http://www.maximusuk.co.uk/
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Sorry can't forget these guys
http://www.seetec.co.uk/
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http://www.ingeus.co.uk/
I've met a lot of unemployed people who have had dealings with these lot and the feeling is the only way to make the unemployable employed is if their self employed. That way you get 'em of the books you see.
Possibly. But at least that would be an indication of an improvement in the construction industry. It's also very common in IT, media and entertainment.
If anyone is setting up their own businesses then the very best of British to them. I tried it during a period of redundancy about 15 years ago but it wasn't for me. I much preferred a job with a fixed income.
True, but 80% of those acorns rot.
Natural selection at work.
Capitalism at work-historically speaking a way of life that humanity hasnt "adopted" for very long after years of living in more cooperative societies
True, but an oak tree produces many thousands of acorns each year, and hardly any of them germinate, let alone grow into trees.
Exactly
The WP encourages people into self-employment as a quick fix
Often the calculations about working involves benefits still being paid when there's low hours and stuff