A welcome break today from the usual doom-and-gloom of the current financial climate. Online freelance recruitment site Elance has seen a huge growth in demand in the last twelve months, with an increase of 55% from UK firms hiring through the service.
Although the general mood of the UK’s small businesses has been cautiously optimistic in the past few months, the continued fallout from the Eurozone crisis looks to be having a negative impact on the nation’s recovery.
A new survey by financial group Investec has found that confidence amongst entrepreneurs across the UK is the highest it has been in years, with a mammoth 96% predicting their revenues will increase in the next year.
A recent survey has revealed that freelancers in the North-West of the country are feeling decidedly uncertain about their prospects for the coming year. Although we’ve seen numerous studies claiming to reveal a promising new year for freelancers – but now a survey of the freelancers themselves has painted a slightly less rosy picture.
As you may have heard, today is National Freelancers Day – the day we celebrate freelancing in all its forms right across the country. Whether you’re an engineer from Edinburgh, a consultant from Cardiff or a locum from London – today is for you!
What advice can you act on when starting out as a freelancer?
Internet Consultant and Developer Alick Mighall shares his advice on the circumstances, principles and practices you’ll need to help you manage big clients.
Are you wondering how to grow your business and develop it in a way so it’s not wholly reliant on you? Have you considered outsourcing/franchising/productising as a way to achieve that growth? Emma Jones outlines the options with tips for each strategy.
The freelance economy is going through a phase of radical growth and transformation.
We explore some of the more fundamental trends and shifts utilizing data and survey results published by PeoplePerHour.com – the largest marketplace for freelancers and small businesses in Europe.
Andy talks to John Brazier of the Professional Contractors Group, Nathan Pope of the Brighton Farm and Darren Fell of Freelance Advisor, about their views of how the freelancing and contracting market is evolving over the next few years. Whether you are a consultant or contractor, contracting or freelancing, the future could look bright for [...]
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