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The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that the independent workforce is some 162 million people, up to 30% of the working-age population in the United States (and most of Europe)..The report looked at the full spectrum of ways in which individuals earned income outside traditional employee roles. It says independent workers fit into four key segments: …
The gig economy has transformed the way we work in Britain, says Andrew Grice. Some five million people – one in seven of the workforce – are now classified as self-employed: an incredible rise of 45% since 2000. Indeed, when Tory ministers boast of creating 2.7 million jobs since 2010, what they don’t say is …
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In the United States there has been a huge influx of for-profit companies into what was started as a humane, civilised way of leaving this world in a caring, kindly way. Profiting from death was the last thing the founders of St. Christopher’s hospice in London thought of when they established the first hospice in …
Two-thirds of older and disabled people in England who turn to their local councils for help with care are turned away, figures show. Only 144,000 of the requests for help resulted in them being admitted to care homes or given home help for tasks such as washing and dressing. Of the remainder about 220,000 got …
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To The Daily Telegraph With Brexit, the problem for my structural engineering consultancy business is not the collapse of the construction industry. Far from it, our order book is overflowing. The problem is getting staff. Last year we advertised for civil engineering graduates and attracted 80 applications, only two resident in Britain. The same has …
