A press release from Citizen’s Advice at the weekend said that 40 percent of the workforce would like to work for themselves but only 15 percent have managed to do so. It warns that red-tape and lack of support is “creating a barrier to people fulfilling their ambition of working for themselves” and “potentially viable businesses are failing unnecessarily for the want of guidance in the early stages”.
The report itself, Going Solo, strikes a slightly different tone. It is an in-depth study of why people go into self-employment and of the difficulties some of them face. The recommendations, more help with skills and support from Jobcentre Plus and, encouraging more peer group support among the self-employed are all good ideas.
I wonder, though, whether there comes a point when the aspiring self-employed have been given enough help and encouragement. Just because 40 percent of the workforce think it would be nice to run…
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