December 17, 2020 3:43 pm
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With a fifth of self-employed people considering throwing in the towel due to the pandemic, Marina Gask asks is it time to change tack when it comes to your career?
You could be one of the lucky people for whom 2020 was a bumper year, income-wise. But what if it’s the opposite? If you’re self-employed and just can’t seem to get enough work, do you dig your heels in and persevere? Or is it time to move in a new direction? Perhaps unsurprisingly this is a really common question at the moment. A recent report from the London School of Economics found that a two-decade long trend in favour of more people working for themselves is under threat.