Issue 117 - 29th June - 27th July
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Freelancers call for recognition22/12/2006 09:31:00David Ramsden, who chairs the Professional Contractors Group, says “our biggest challenge is to get across the very simple message that not everyone chooses to be either an employer or an employee. For too long, employment and tax legislation has been based on the notion that there are only two ways of working. Successive governments have always talked in terms of bosses or workers; Europe cannot conceive of another way except in its recognition of ‘les artisans’ and the assumption is always that today’s sole trader is tomorrow’s Richard Branson or Alan Sugar.” PCG has announced that in 2007 it will spearhead a major independent research project to find out how many freelancers there are in the UK, how they came to choose that way of working and the issues that are of greatest concern to them. “Our membership is growing and that alone tells me that more and more people are choosing to go freelance. In every other walk of life, we celebrate diversity but not when it comes to work. Our task is to continue to represent those tens of thousands of people – creative, innovative, independent, flexible and mobile - who play such a valuable part in the local, national and global economy” said Mr Ramsden, adding “My prediction for next year is the research findings will surprise an awful lot of people!” onrec.com news can only be reproduced with the permission of onrec.com or if onrec.com is attributed as the source.
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