Britain s Yolo generation : Three times as many millennials planning to start their own business
The pandemic has sparked people in their 20s and 30s to abandon their stable jobs and turn side hustles into full-time work
16 May 2021 • 8:00pm
Adam Jackson founded Sortable, an organisational concierge company, after being made redundant in September 2020
Credit: Paul Cooper
They’ve baked enough sourdough loaves, taken far too many #shelfies and have long perfected athleisure chic.
Yet millennials have had enough. Emboldened by their fattened bank accounts - and lack of face time with their employers - they have plucked up the courage to quit their jobs and set up their own businesses.