The PCG’s managing director, John Brazier last week called for the next government to encourage freelancing as a flexible, innovative and entrepreneurial way of working. One of the benefits of freelancing is that it enables business to perform more cost-effectively.
“There needs to be a clear recognition of freelancing as a valid way of working,” Mr Brazier added. “We want to see a pro-business climate fostered in the UK, a real commitment from policy framers to think small first, not just say it.” With this statement, John Brazier urged the government to set aside 10 per cent of departmental procurement budgets for freelancers in a bid to show that ministers are committed, beyond just words, to ‘thinking small first.’
The PCG believe flexibility in the labour market is the key to ensuring Britain’s future economic success and asks the government to demonstrate a real commitment to freelancers.
In the run up to the election the PCG will be emphasising the points set out in the Fairness, Clarity, Recognition: Manifesto for Freelancing, as they believe the Government have failed to recognise the value of the UK’s 1.4 million freelancers despite overwhelming evidence that freelance businesses are the bedrock of the economy, bringing essential flexibility and skills.
The PCG believes the start of a new decade provides an opportunity for fresh, innovative thinking and we at Independent Contractor Services agree.
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