Flexible staffing tech platform Coople has conducted a new survey, exploring how UK businesses feel about the recent changes to National Insurance Contributions and minimum wage. Due to rising costs, some businesses may respond by downsizing and working with freelancers. For this reason, the survey also investigates how business leaders feel about hiring freelance staff, […]

Gig economy workers are becoming more popular with employers. Choosing to hire freelancers and staff on short-term contracts over those who would stay with a company indefinitely has fast become a trend that often sees workers lose out. The benefits for an individual to become a freelancer or work short-term contacts are widely known, these […]

Over a quarter of organisations rely on freelancers to complete core business tasks. But in more than half of the organisations, HR departments are being cut out of the hiring process. These results come from the latest survey conducted across five European countries by the payroll & HR services provider SD Worx and Antwerp Management […]