Sector ‘less flexible’ as self-employed workforce drops by a fifth in six years
Digital Edition: Sector ‘less flexible’ as self-employed workforce drops by a fifth in six years
Sector leaders have warned that a 20 per cent drop in the number of self-employed contractors over the past six years will have an impact on the industry’s flexibility. It comes as data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday (11 November)…

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