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January 23, 2012
Government's acceptance of Vickers report could prompt growth of contract opportunities in financial services.
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January 21, 2012
December has seen a major surge in demand for data professionals as companies prepare for a peak in business activity.
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December 15, 2011
Emma Wall
British workers are being forced to take second jobs to tackle the rising cost of heating their homes this winter. PeoplePerHour.com, Europe’s biggest marketplace for online companies, has reported a 54pc rise in Britons joining their site to find extra work in the last month.
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December 2, 2011
Andy Yates
This is Money has teamed up with Huddlebuy.co.uk, Europe’s largest group buying site for entrepreneurs and businesses, to give you a wonderful weekly column. Here are top tips on how to save you and your business thousands of pounds.
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November 30, 2011
Mike Butcher
Index Ventures is commonly regarded as once of the three “Big Cat” VCs stalking tech companies, in a pan-European sense out of London, alongside Accel Partners and Balderton Capital among others. I sat down with three of its key players today – Saul Klein, Robin Klein and Bernard Dallé – to tease out where they are right now and where they plan to head.
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November 24, 2011
Tricia Phillips,
IT’S not just busy mums desperate to find work they can do at home these days. More and more dads are following suit as they take on the strain of juggling work with childcare. According to research from health insurance giant Aviva, there are now many more stay-at-home dads than a decade ago – one in seven fathers (14%) are now the main childcare provider.
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November 23, 2011
Jessica Stillman
More and more folks are going freelance. It’s a trend that business leaders and analysts will be discussing in just a few weeks at Net:Work 2011 in San Francisco, where they’ll be focusing on new quantitative data about independent work, as well as the promise and challenges of the growth in independent workers. But what about the success stories: those independent workers who have gone solo and managed to build successful businesses for themselves?
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November 22, 2011
According to a recent ICM survey only 30% of people have made adequate provision for their retirement. With the ending of compulsory retirement age in October 2011, it is clear many of us will be working into old age. So are companies responding to this trend? Will they re-evaluate the employee benefits they offer?
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November 14, 2011
Maija Palmer
MySQL was one of Europe’s largest technology success stories, employing 500 people, when it was sold to Sun Microsystems of the US for $1bn in 2008.
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October 25, 2011
Rachel Soothill
As mumpreneurs get recognition in the latest edition of the Collins English Dictionary, it has also emerged that the number of mums starting their own business has doubled in the last year.
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October 21, 2011
According to a piece on the Huffington Post website, a double-dip recession might throw more work freelancers’ way.
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October 19, 2011
Maximilian Clarke
Technology is driving an increase in parents working from home, with fathers more likely to adopt flexible working or to be self-employed, a survey suggests.
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October 13, 2011
Merryn Somerset Webb
Mostly we tend to think of entrepreneurs as a good thing. They drive growth, innovate, employ people and move us all forward. But is a forced entrepreneur as good as a voluntary entrepreneur?
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September 26, 2011
Luke McGee
With fears of a double-dip recession mounting, companies are preferring to hire freelancers in a bid to save money, a survey has shown.
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September 24, 2011
Peter
Thousands of UK retirees are being forced to return back into the world of work amidst tumbling incomes and rocketing prices. Online job marketplace website Peopleperhour.com has reported a 117% increase in the number of retired people looking for work in the last year alone. Part of the reason why so many are having to return to work is that rates for annuities have fallen heavily in recent months.
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September 21, 2011
Jennifer Lawler
If you're at or near retirement, you may find that a part-time or occasional job would make a big difference to your budget.
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September 15, 2011
Karl Flinders
US firms are hiring UK IT consultants in the digital sector with online business marketplace PeoplePerHour.com reporting a 275% increase in the number of US firms hiring UK IT consultants over the last year.
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September 15, 2011
275 per cent increase in the number of US firms hiring UK IT consultants over the last 12 months.
Read full article » September 8, 2011
Dan Hyde
Newly-retired pensioners are being forced back to work with pension payout rates crashing and the cost of living soaring.
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September 6, 2011
Xenios Thrasyvoulou
The double whammy of the rising cost of living combined with the stock market crash has had a massive impact on pensions and annuities. Average energy bills are £177 higher than they were three years ago and you don’t need statistics in a newspaper to tell you that the cost of your weekly shopping is painfully expensive.
Read full article » September 6, 2011
Rosie Murray-West
Pensioners are being forced back to work by rising living costs and low interest rates.
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August 30, 2011
Business has seen a sizeable shift to remote working in the past year, research finds.
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August 26, 2011
PR Newswire
Leading conference call provider, Powwownow advocates going green in the wake of soaring transport costs
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August 16, 2011
Xenios Thrasyvoulou is interviewed on CNBC
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August 16, 2011
More students are turning their backs on the “bleak” UK job market and setting up as entrepreneurs.
Read full article » August 7, 2011
katie Taylor
Whether to remain a sole trader or opt for limited company status is a question increasingly being asked by entrepreneurs.
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August 7, 2011
katie Taylor
Whether to remain a sole trader or opt for limited company status is a question increasingly being asked by entrepreneurs.
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July 24, 2011
Richard Tyler
"Freelancers are tax dodgers," I found myself saying at a breakfast seminar the other day - and instantly regretted it. I meant to say that the tax system labels people who independently
Read full article » July 20, 2011
Jessica Stillman
In the U.S., debt ceiling talks are providing a white knuckle ride to those following the run up to the August 2nd deadline, while over in Europe the crisis swirling around the euro continues to mutate and grow. All this economic uncertainty is clearly making trouble for politicians, but is it an opportunity for the savvy American web worker with tech skills?
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July 17, 2011
Elizabeth Colman
The downturn has been a godsend for ventures that save customers cash, with low-cost start-ups achieving success
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July 10, 2011
Simon Bain
As the university year ends graduates will launch themselves on to a jobs market with youth unemployment at close to 900,000 and more gloom expected.
Read full article » June 23, 2011
Tricia Phillips
HOLDING down one job and its nine-to-five grind is enough for most people to cope with. But the tough times mean that more and more people are having to take a second job to help make ends meet.
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June 23, 2011
Joshua Condon
To hear Xenios Thrasyvoulou tell it, all the world’s a marketplace, and all the men and women their own employers.
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June 19, 2011
Tracey Bryce
CASH-strapped Brits are signing up for second jobs - so they can afford a summer holiday.
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June 17, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reported a 54% rise in the number of people joining the site
Read full article » June 15, 2011
Phillip Inman
Survey shows employers in most regions aren't hiring school leavers or graduates, with almost 1m under-25s out of work
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June 14, 2011
Kathryn Hopkins
The Government is not on track to meet its official target on reducing public sector workforce as part of cuts outlined in the Spending Review, according to a leading recruiter.
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June 13, 2011
THE number of Brits taking second jobs to pay for holidays has almost DOUBLED, a study has revealed.
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June 11, 2011
This freelance recruitment site helps match self-employed professionals with businesses looking to hire freelancers remotely.
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May 18, 2011
Earnings for digital sector consultants are rising faster in the north west than the national average, says a report.
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May 18, 2011
Following the release of the national unemployment figures (see them wonderfully displayed graphically by region here), PeoplePerHour.com Founder & CEO Xenios was invited on to BBC1 Breakfast News for comment. See it in full in the video above.
May 1, 2011
Jonathan Owen
The boardroom equivalent of feeding Christians to the lions, 'The Ppprentice', returns next week s a chorus of business figures say it is time to show the programme the door. Here 'The IoS' canvasses the views of some of the UK's best business brains.
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April 21, 2011
If you are seeking work but haven't found the right job, try freelancing.
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April 12, 2011
UK-based IT workers are experiencing increased demand for their services from overseas businesses.
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Due to a lack of time and, well, laziness, I have let my flat get into a slovenly state. I need to get a cleaner, but before I do that I'd like a one-off, top-to-toe spring clean done by a trustworthy (nonjudgmental!) company.
Read full article » April 7, 2011
Karl Flinders
Can it be true that overseas companies, including those in India, are demanding UK IT workers in increasing numbers?
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Karl Flinders
An increasing number of UK IT professionals are taking on projects overseas as developing nations start to demand western IT experience.
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April 7, 2011
PeoplePerHour founders announce launch of office in Athens
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April 6, 2011
Jennifer Hill
Student entrepreneurship is on the rise, not least among graduates of Oxford and Cambridge - Britain's oldest universities - and the growing band of Oxbridge startups is increasingly catching the eye of VC and angel investors.
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March 27, 2011
Mum-of-one Rowena Mitchell, 35, from North Yorkshire, found a way to earn money from home
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March 27, 2011
Melanie Wright
Unemployed people hoping for a lifeline in last week’s budget were left disappointed after the Chancellor did little to help them.
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March 24, 2011
Niki Chesworth
Over a million of us have two jobs and many more earn money on the side. It's a way to make ends meet, but it's also good for your career prospects.
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March 21, 2011
Hilary Douglas
THOUSANDS of people are turning redundancy into a positive life change by becoming their own boss, advertising their skills on the internet and finding work.
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March 17, 2011
Nadine Linge and Jennifer Dunkerley
YOUTH unemployment has hit a record high, but our determined young Brits refuse to give up hope. New figures yesterday revealed the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work has increased to 974,000, the highest figure since records began in 1992.
Read full article » March 12, 2011
Niki Chesworth
Remember that time is money. This advice from Benjamin Franklin still rings true today particularly as more of us have more free time than we would like.
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March 7, 2011
Colin Brown
Our jobs are set to change irrevocably as flexible working and disruptive technology take hold. And that’s just the start. Colin Brown investigates what’s coming next
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March 2, 2011
Tina Nielsen
A shake-up of public procurement aims to drive a quarter of all contracts to small firms. How do you make your bid stand out from the competitors?
Read full article » February 27, 2011
Rachel Bridge
A need for cash and business experience has led to a surge in undergraduate enterprises, says Rachel Bridge
Read full article » February 21, 2011
Cloud computing remains a mystery to many business owners, according to a poll of 1,300 small and medium-sized enterprises by PeoplePerHour.com.
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December 30, 2010
A survey of more than 1,300 small companies by freelancers' marketplace PeoplePerHour.com found that 45pc plan to increase employment in 2011.
Read full article » December 11, 2010
Increasing the threshold at which smaller enterprises start to pay VAT to £90,000 in revenue from the current rate of £70,000 could create an additional 35,000 jobs, according to a research commissioned by the Federation of Small Business (FSB).
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November 19, 2010
A new report has revealed most small and medium-sized enterprises have never heard of the government's Enterprise Finance Guarantee.
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November 19, 2010
At least a third of councils have increased the number of staff in the past two years in defiance of Government cuts, a survey revealed last night.
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November 18, 2010
Myra Butterworth
More than a third of local councils continued to hire more staff despite the recession and massive public spending cuts, it has been revealed.
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Bob Sherwood
More than a third of councils increased their workforce during the downturn of the past two years and in advance of the deep public spending cuts, according to data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.
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November 4, 2010
Spending the day on social networking sites is likely to get you the sack in most jobs - but for a few thousand lucky Brits, it IS their job.
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November 1, 2010
Mark Billen
Seeking full employment or going freelance within web design can be a daunting prospect, but is the economic climate still enabling employers to offer the big breaks we all crave?
Read full article » October 30, 2010
Just 16 per cent of small business owners are aware of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG), the flagship support scheme, according to a poll by online recruitment company PeoplePerHour.com.
Read full article » October 26, 2010
Niki Chesworth
With competition for jobs set to intensify further over the next four years, just getting an interview can be an achievement. Experts say that having the right reputation and referrals is the way to stand out, reports Niki Chesworth
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Tim Bradshaw
The venture investors who backed Betfair in its early days are hoping that British entrepreneurs will be inspired by its successful listing last week.
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The worth of social media as a business tool is growing, a new report claims, with job offers for "Twitter consultants" on PeoplePerHour.com rising by more than 300 per cent this year.
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September 28, 2010
Twitter cynics take note: the social networking site has prompted something of a growth industry.
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August 23, 2010
Tom Abate
After Erik Budde mortgaged his San Carlos home 2 1/2 years ago and launched his latest startup, RVParking.com, he kept a laser-like focus on efficiency.
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August 20, 2010
Jonathan Moules
Most owner-managers believe it is easier to set up in business now than five years ago, in spite of the continued problems of access to finance, according to a poll by PeoplePerHour, an online marketplace for temporary staff.
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August 18, 2010
Sue Shellenbarger
As an advertising art director, Jeff Quigley isn't the type of worker who traditionally holds two jobs. But after getting hit by a one-day-a-week furlough and pay cut last year, Mr. Quigley has joined a fast-growing sector of the work force: White-collar moonlighters.
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Sue Shellenbarger
In this shaky economy, a few of my friends who are lucky enough to have jobs have recently started moonlighting, to hedge against possible layoffs or pay cuts.
Read full article » August 16, 2010
Conrad Quilty-Harper
An investigation by the Telegraph has shown that millions are being spent on council website redesigns, despite the looming prospect of job cuts at those same councils.
Read full article » August 16, 2010
Simon Rogers
What happens when a council spends £2.8m on its website? Well, Birmingham city council discovered the answer when local developers thought they could do a better job - and promptly did, for a fraction of the cost. You can see the result, BCCdiy, here.
Read full article » August 6, 2010
Jonathan Moules
The freelance economy is booming in the UK, according to PeoplePerHour.com, which operates an online marketplace for jobs.
Read full article » July 17, 2010
A survey by PeoplePerHour.com showed that entrepreneurs are becoming more internet-savvy. Read the full story »
July 14, 2010
Katie Allen
Former financial controller Chris Clarke set up his own book-keeping business after being made redundant
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June 25, 2010
Sites like Elance.com, Guru.com and oDesk.com allow employers to hire freelancers or contractors anywhere in the world, putting U.S. workers in competition with a global labor pool.
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June 22, 2010
It appears that our new government is serious about changing what the public sector does and how it spends money.And change it must.
Read full article » June 21, 2010
Contractor and freelancer marketplace PeoplePerHour.com maintained its growth in the value of assignments posted by clients throughout the recession and in September 2009 saw the first of a series of sharp increases, which led to compounded monthly growth of 30% and an all-time high in January 2010.
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May 14, 2010
Nancy Cook
As the U.S. economy sputters its way back to health, American freelancers increasingly are finding themselves working for companies overseas in what's becoming a type of reverse outsourcing. Executives at Sologig, Elance, oDesk, and People Per Hour say they're seeing more corporations and small businesses from the U.K., Australia, China, Pakistan, and India turn to the U.S. freelance market.
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May 5, 2010
The bill to the taxpayer has increased by 18.6 per cent over the last year at a time when essential services face stringent cuts. The final cost is likely to be much higher as several councils failed to respond to a Freedom of Information request to reveal the figures.
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April 27, 2010
Councils seem happy to pay way over market rate to get their Web sites looked after, if a one-off piece of research is right.
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April 26, 2010
Private sector businesses are spending on average 10 times less on their web site services than UK local councils, according to research from freelance jobs site PeoplePerHour.com.
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April 26, 2010
Research from People per Hour (PPH) has revealed that UK council websites are costing £40,917 per year compared to the average cost per business of just £3,297.
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March 28, 2010
Chris Clarke changed his approach to job hunting and found what he was looking for after being made redundant last year.
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March 26, 2010
Nicola Brittain
Businesses are moving away from overseas suppliers in favour of companies able to provide the same services locally, according to a survey from online business marketplace PeoplePerHour.com.
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March 26, 2010
Spencer Dalziel
The IT outsourcing trend towards UK-based suppliers continues to grow, according to a new survey released today.Online business marketplace PeoplePerHour.com polled more than 50,000 business users, and claimed that 60 per cent of UK businesses are outsourcing more than they did two years ago.
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February 22, 2010
PeoplePerHour.com is proud to announce that it has been selected as one of the 2010 Smarta 100 winners.
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February 17, 2010
Steve O'Hear
[UK] PeoplePerHour.com, the online marketplace for freelancers, has closed an interim funding round with Index Ventures who participated on equal terms with existing shareholders. The actual amount remains undisclosed, but our sources say the figure is in the region of half a million pounds.
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February 15, 2010
Sandra Haurant
The recession has forced workers and employers alike to rethink traditional nine-to-five roles, but what is the alternative? Sandra Haurant thinks 'ultra-flexible' working could be the answer
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February 5, 2010
More job placements were made through online recruitment than print advertising and agency use, according to new research from PeoplePerHour.com
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February 5, 2010
Online recruitment is the only recruitment channel to grow in 2009, overtaking print advertising recruitment agencies in terms of job placements.
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February 4, 2010
Xenios Thrasyvoulou, founder & CEO of PeoplePerHour.com, argues that virtual business principles should be at the heart of any recovery plans.
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February 1, 2010
PeoplePerHour.com founder Xenios Thrasyvoulou outlines the benefits and challenges associated with managing staff at home
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January 14, 2010
"Britain is going virtual. Mr Darling just made it official" says Xenios Thrasyvoulou, Founder & CEO of PeoplePerHour.com
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January 4, 2010
PeoplePerHour founder Xenios Thrasyvoulou goes against the Smarta stopwatch.
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December 21, 2009
Small businesses are waking up to the many benefits of operating virtually, says PeoplePerHour.com founder Xenios Thrasyvoulou.
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December 17, 2009
Louisa Hannan from BBC Radio Oxford interviews PeoplePerHour CEO.
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December 14, 2009
Helen Loveless, Financial Mail
A third of small firms say they are considering laying off staff as a result of last week's Pre-Budget Report because the 1% rise in National Insurance contributions will make it more costly to employ people.
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December 8, 2009
PeoplePerHour.com, which has been described as an 'eBay for business', is an online marketplace which allows freelancers to advertise for work, and small businesses to outsource work.
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October 18, 2009
Elizabeth Colman
BBC presenters are not the only ones setting up their own companies to beat tax — growing numbers of professionals are opting out of salaried employment to become consultants and freelancers.
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October 12, 2009
Simon Cox from BBC Radio 4 (Click On) interviews PeoplePerHour CEO and Michelle Russell, a freelancer who uses the site.
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September 18, 2009
Xenios Thrasyvoulou
Xenios Thrasyvoulou is founder and CEO of PeoplePerHour.com a website he started two years ago which has been dubbed "like eBay but for business" • it is an online marketplace for professional services allowing employers to outsource work to freelancers and home workers.
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August 27, 2009
HAYLEY BERRY, 30, was told that she was likely to be made redundant after working for 15 months as the marketing manager of a paper recycling company.
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August 16, 2009
Ewan Fergus
FOR SOME it's the dream scenario - a chance to be your own boss and go to work in your pyjamas, if you like. Now experts are predicting that by 2015 as many as one in five UK workers will ditch the office and choose to work from home.
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August 9, 2009
Alexandra Goss
With high-street offers on the way out, the web has the best deals, says Alexandra Goss.
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With precious little slack in company budgets, propositioning your boss for additional manpower is likely to get short shrift.
Read full article » August 2, 2009
Phillip Inman
The downturn has led to a rise in flexible working as an alternative to job losses, but some big firms seem stuck in the past
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July 21, 2009
This is the interview that was held last week on Bloomberg News LIVE, the interview lasted 12 minutes and also featured one of PPH providers.
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June 23, 2009
IF it makes sense for a marketing man to have a bit of experience of the world, then Jeremy Parsons is well up to speed.
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June 22, 2009
With more companies under pressure to cut costs during the recession, many are opting to outsource business processes in a bid to minimise their overheads and concentrate on their core business.
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June 18, 2009
A NEWPORT costume designer is putting the tailoring skills taught to him by his mother to good use, designing costumes for film and television including Big Brother and Dr Who.
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June 15, 2009
David Woodward
PeoplePerHour.com founder CEO Xenios Thrasyvoulou wanted to launch before someone else beat him to it
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June 15, 2009
A LUCKY break has landed an enthusiastic animator an exciting new career.
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June 2, 2009
Lee Stone
Lee Stone from BBC Radio Wiltshire interviews PeoplePerHour CEO and Alison Pascalidis, a freelancer who uses the site.
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May 28, 2009
May 28, 2009
As the hunt for jobs gets tougher, it’s vital that you think creatively about filling those missing gaps on your form…
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May 28, 2009
John Atkinson
If you are looking to outsource a piece of work to rated Freelancers then take a look at the web site PeopleperHour.com that was discussed on the Business Programme on 28/5/9.
John Atkinson reports. He asks the founder how it all got started.
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May 26, 2009
Emma Simpson
Earning a bit of additional spending money used to be an optional extra for most people. But the recession has made it a necessity for thousands.
And a growing band of people are either boosting their salaries or replacing lost income by working from home.
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May 26, 2009
Start-up and small business activity is showing signs of recovery, new research indicates.
High street bank lending to small businesses rose by £271m from February to March, while deposits from small businesses increased by £881m.
The figures, published this month by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) suggest that UK start-up activity is performing better than was expected.
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May 25, 2009
Maija Palmer
In Victorian times, women who wanted to supplement the household income took in sewing. Today their 21st century counterparts are logging on to the internet in the evening and making money from blogging, freelance research or selling goods on Ebay, as widespread broadband internet connections spawn a growing range of digital cottage industries.
The number of British people with an Ebay business has grown by 160 per cent in the past two years to 178,000. Peopleperhour , a website that allows people to advertise freelance and homeworking services, has seen the number on its books grow from 5,500 a year ago to 21,500 today.
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Jennifer Hill
More than half of people approaching retirement fear their pensions will fall short of expectations after taking a “bet on equities” that has failed to deliver, according to a damning new report.
The research by Ros Altmann, a pensions expert and former Treasury adviser, found nearly a third of savers within five years of retirement feel they have wasted their money, as stock-market returns over the past 10 years have averaged only 1.2%, against 16.1% in the previous decade...
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May 20, 2009
Tell us what your business does?
PeoplePerHour.com is a website that enables start-up and small businesses across the UK to outsource small tasks or projects to rated professionals online. The services range from designing a website, to writing a press release to doing data entry.
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May 20, 2009
Catherine Woods
Alistair Darling has predicted that the recession could be over by Christmas. Some entrepreneurs think he’s talking crazy talk again, others believe there may be some truth in what he’s saying. Speaking to the Times, Darling said he’s standing by his Budget growth forecasts. “I remain confident that we will see a return to growth at the turn of the year,” he said.
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May 15, 2009
Losing your job after 12 years with an international company as a senior executive is normally a major blow, but Lindsey Michie has taken career change in her stride. Lindsey, who comes from Scotland, was made redundant from her London-based job with a US owned IT company last year. The company decided that her job supervising training, communications and recognition programmes was no longer viable.
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May 12, 2009
Trevor Sturgess
The internet has made it easier for smaller businesses to weather this recession better than previous ones, according to Kent businessman Richard Romain.
Mr Romain, founder of Answers and Solutions Kent (ASK), based in Maidstone, turned to the web to help him operate his telemarketing company as a virtual business.
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April 27, 2009
Daniel Pimlott
Michelle Russell has been made redundant twice in 11 months.
First she lost her cherished role working at FremantleMedia, the company behind Pop Idol and The X Factor, six months after returning from maternity leave.
"It was my dream job," she says. Then in May last year she was made redundant from a new role at a DVD distribution business after the company decided it could no longer afford a marketing manager.
April 26, 2009
Jo Thornhill / Stephen Womack
With more than two million out of work, unemployment is at it's highest level since Labour came to power in 1997. Darling announced £1.7 billion of funding for Job Centre Plus and the New Deal to help the long-term unemployed get back to work. This is on top of the £1.3 billion announced last November. Tax maximum weekly statutory redundancy pay was increased from £350 to £380.
April 20, 2009
Mike Butcher
PeoplePerHour, the online marketplace matching freelance or self-employed professionals with project work, has closed an Angel funding round. The amount is undisclosed but believed to be in “the low six figures”. The investors include Michael Van Swaaij who was part of the team to launch eBay in Europe and is a former chairman of Skype.
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April 19, 2009
Today FM Interview with PeoplePerHour.com CEO Xenios Thrasyvoulou
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April 14, 2009
Natasha Lomas
Did you hear the one about the CIO who thought going green was something to do with Scottish football? Or the one about the techie and his unusual second life? Or the one about the IT saleswoman who became a stand-up comedian?
Gags about techies - the IT Crowd aside - aren't exactly common. But then again there aren't that many people in the IT industry that have swapped software and hardware for stand-up comedy, either.
April 9, 2009
Rosanna Spero
With unemployment already over ttwo million, workers are increasingly choosing to set up their own businesess after being made redundant.
Exclusive research for the Daily Mail shows that three in five Britons would opt to work for themselves rather than re-enter the job market if they were made redundant.
April 8, 2009
The size of SMEs makes them well positioned to use new technology quickly and gain competitive advantage – if they know how. Here, Xenios Thrasyvoulou, CEO of business networking site PeoplePerHour, and SmallBusiness.co.uk provide some top tips on how to make a big impact on the net.
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April 2, 2009
I spent two years at a small-cap brokerage, mainly advising on AIM stock. But with the firm about to go down, I was heading for redundancy, and I didn't want to wait for that. So I jumped ship last August before it sank. It turned out to be a wise move: the company soon went under.
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March 26, 2009
Sri Carmichael
A City worker who lost her job in the recession has begun a new career telling jokes about the "sleaze" of the Square Mile.
Thea Montgomerie-Anderson, 32, was made redundant from her £150,000 sales job at a banking IT company just before Christmas.
Now she does a stand-up routine about the risk-taking, lunchtime casual sex and heavy drinking she says dominates the City.
March 25, 2009
Mark Hunter
Seize the moment
1 “Going freelance” is often a euphemism for “lost my job”. But don't despair if you haven't researched your market, built up a list of clients and hired an accountant. Helen James, the founder of FreelanceUK.com, advises fledgeling freelancers simply to “fly with it”. “Ideally, we'd recommend a six-month buffer, but don't be deterred if you don't have that luxury. You can learn the essentials on the job.”
March 4, 2009
Jasper Gerard
These are not jolly times, unless you happen to be a bailiff. But Britain remains a puritanical nation and while we pretended to enjoy the boom years, privately we know the gloom years will suit us better. Give us a Lottery win and we will soon be consumed with angst; give us a plough with some turnip seeds and suddenly it's Dunkirk all over again.
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March 1, 2009
Elizabeth Colman
Thousands of workers are losing their jobs amid the deepening recession - but consumers are finding new and innovative ways to beat the squeeze.
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February 26, 2009
I founded my website development business Greyhound Computing, in October 2007. It was daunting, but after working in the City for 10 years, I felt ready to leave the corporate lifestyle and become my own boss
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February 26, 2009
Xenios Thrasyvoulou
Whilst we start the new year with a pretty grim economic outlook, it's worth remembering that some of the greatest fortunes have been built in times of adversity. Creative destruction - the business equivalent of nature's innate regenerative capacity - is what drives radical innovation.
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February 13, 2009
It's been said that out of adversity comes deep-rooted structural change.
2009 dawns on us yet with some bleak economic condtions. Yet it is also the year when an estimated 1.5billion people almost a quarter of the worlds's population will be frequent users of the internet.
January 29, 2009
Liz Phillips
Losing your job is devastating, but at least you know you're not alone as the number of unemployed climbs steadily towards 2m.
In fact, Cary Cooper, Professor of Psychology at Lancaster University Management School, believes this is not a bad time to be made redundant.
'It is psychologically better to lose your job now rather than in more affluent times,' he says. 'It will still feel like a rejection but you can rationalise it by saying that it's the times in which we live.'
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January 8, 2009
Ben West
Whether it is a hatred of commuting, or the appeal of sitting at your computer in pyjamas, working from home has never been so popular. And with so much homeworking friendly technology now on the market, it has never been so easy.
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December 22, 2008
Sri Carmichael
Hundreds of City workers are choosing to leave the Square Mile and blaze their own path in freelance careers.
As redundancies mount in the financial services sector, many are choosing to jump before they are pushed, new figures show. Many more employees who have already lost their jobs have decided to work for themselves.
PeoplePerHour.com, which acts as a business services marketplace, has seen its membership across the country soar from 5,000 at the end of March to 16,000.
December 5, 2008
BBC Three Counties Interview with PeoplePerHour.com CEO Xenios Thrasyvoulou
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November 15, 2008
Nina Montagu-Smith
People who opt to work at home after losing their job have to consider tax, insurance and retirement provision.
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November 15, 2008
Ben Sillis
Many of us want to work flexibly from home - but can you actually earn a living from the get-rich-quick schemes flooding your inbox? Ben Sillis spent a week online finding out.
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November 10, 2008
Guy Guinan
Recent reports suggest that higher utility bills, food and mortgage costs have created a huge growth in employees looking for second incomes to beat the credit crunch.
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November 6, 2008
Trevor Clawson
Tech firms are preparing themselves for a bleak winter. Will innovation suffer?
The UK is facing its first recession since the far off days of the early 1990s, but for one sector in particular, memories of hard economic times are a good deal fresher. Rewind to 2001 and the collapse of the dotcom dream. Investment in IT projects dried up, job losses mounted, and the office blocks of the M4 corridor were suddenly characterised by clusters of To Let signs. Internet companies were particularly hard hit. Those job losses are back: Motorola, HP and Xerox all announced redundancy packages recently and the dotcoms look set to follow suit. The danger is that pessimism will begin to feed through to the investment community.
October 29, 2008
BBC Radio Cambridge interview with PeoplePerHour.com CEO Xenios Thrasyvoulou
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October 28, 2008
The credit crunch. A looming recession. Soaring fuel prices.
If the headlines are putting you off your breakfast, take heart - there are still reasons to smile.
October 27, 2008
Johanna Gornitzki
With money getting tighter, a second job could give your income a boost. Johanna Gornitzki meets some women using their skills and hobbies to help ends meet.
October 26, 2008
Ali Hussain
Higher utility bills, food and mortgage costs mean many households need to find ways to boost their incomes.
Peopleperhour.com brings together those seeking extra work with small and medium-sized firms looking for short-term employees for particular projects.
Since March, the site has seen a 150% increase in membership to 12,500.
Employers post jobs and specify how much they are willing to pay. Potential employees then bid for the jobs, saying for how much they are willing to carry out the work. At the end of the “auction” the employer decides who to take on.
October 21, 2008
PeoplePerHour.com was founded in September 2007 by two Cambridge University graduates: CEO Xenios Thrasyvoulou and CTO Simos Kitiris. In the words of Thrasyvoulou,”We’re a community of freelancers facilitating remote work; it allows companies of all sizes to outsource work. The freelancer gets rated and builds a profile – we provide a safe platform for that to happen.”
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October 7, 2008
PeoplePerHour.com CEO Xenios Thrasyvoulou interviewed on the Chris Evans show on BBC Radio 2
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August 27, 2008
Rosanna Spero
Families are facing the tightest financial squeeze since the Seventies. Debt in many middleclass areas has soared with many people owing more than £53,000 according to credit reference agency Experian.
The average family's disposable income has fallen by £2,500 in a year and for many a second job might be the only answer. Here Rosanna Spero shows how you can help make ends meet...
August 14, 2008
Alex Morgan
EVERYONE would like a bit more money to spend, but rising prices mean you probably have less to spare than ever.
With the cost of food, gas, electricity and petrol going up, half of all adults have had to use savings to cover essential bills this year.
August 13, 2008
PeoplePerHour.com founder and chief executive Xenios Thrasyvoulou on why outsourcing could be the answer to your all your business’ HR needs
Until recently, outsourcing was generally associated with large corporations establishing major business functions abroad. The media propagated the commonly-held perception of large companies outsourcing to cut costs and boost profit margins.
August 10, 2008
AS the credit crunch bites, small business owners are increasingly turning to freelance workers rather than employing permanent staff.
Last month, the Office of National Statistics reported that unemployment levels were at a 16-year high.
Experts say this is reflected in a trend for business owners to use freelancers as and when they need them because they are more flexible and less costly.
PeoplePerHour.com, a website where businesses post projects for temporary staff, said it has seen interest in using freelancers rise steadily in recent months.
Founder Xenios Thrasyvoulou says: 'Outsourcing is still mainly associated with multinationals farming parts of their business offshore, but we are now seeing an unprecedented level of outsourcing by SMEs across all disciplines.'
July 30, 2008
Freelance work is another flexible option. allowing you to tap into the skills you developed during your work career. This is something 54 year old Charles Crawford started doing this year. At the end of 2007 he retired from a 28 year career in the UK's diplomatic service which had seen him serving as an ambassador in Sarajevo, Belgrade and Poland.
"I wanted a change," he explains. "I took early retirement and we moved back to England where I am building up a number of freelance careers including training and coaching diplomats, mediating and writing.
One of the tools Charles uses to help him find work is PeoplePerHour.com. This website was set up by Xenios Thrasyvoulou in 2007 and uses some of the same principles as eBay. "If you're looking for freelance work you can upload your profile for free. Over time you'll build up a track record, in much the same way as on eBay. People post up the work they have on offer and you can bid for it, with the successful bidder being the person whose experience and track record fits best," explains Thrasyvoulou.
Seven months into freelancing, Charles has the following advice for anyone considering supplementing their income in a similar way. "Put the formalities such as the accounts in place first as this will save time," he says. "I'd also recommend setting up a website. Mine (charlescrawford.biz) has been very useful as a shop window."
July 22, 2008
Natasha Lomas
Economic gloom and the rising cost of living in the UK is making IT workers in full time employment take on extra work outside office hours.
Freelance services website PeoplePerHour.com says it currently has 3,500 people offering work in at least one IT-related category, with more than a third (35 per cent) also in full time employment - with this figure rising each month.
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Robert Watts
They are the middle-class moonlighters. Thousands of professionals are taking on second jobs to help them cope with the soaring cost of food, fuel, mortgages and other household bills.
Lawyers, financial advisers, computer programmers and marketing managers are among those now hunting for freelance work to do outside — or even during — office hours to cover the rising cost of living.
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June 28, 2008
Peter Ranscombe
Imagine working all day long as a personal assistant - but never meeting your boss face-to-face. That strange situation is one in which Theresia Piggott now finds herself on a regular basis.
Piggot works as a "virtual" personal assistant (PA), carrying out administration tasks for a range of companies from her home at ForFar in Angus. Outsourcing administrative functions - and other striaght forward tasks appears to be on the increase with one online firm attributing a strong growth in business to the credit crunch.
June 24, 2008
June 23, 2008
Guy Logan
Thousands of UK employees are taking second jobs to deal with growing consumer inflation, according to an online jobs site.
PeoplePerHour.com, which helps people find freelance work, has reported a rise in registrations of people currently in full-time employment. The company claims 35% of its 7,000 freelance service providers have full-time jobs, and says that percentage is growing.
May 31, 2008
Like one-in-10 workers, Helen Castree, 29, has a job on the side – earning extra money in the evenings and weekends working as a freelance part-time personal assistant.
After getting married a couple of years ago, she was looking for a way to generate extra income to pay into the mortgage before starting a family.
"I thought that, as I have a skill, I might as well use it," said Mrs Castree, from Shropshire. She found the easiest way to get work was via the internet and signed up with the free service, www.PeoplePerHour.com, to bid for work – which can be done remotely for businesses and individuals across the country.
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April 30, 2008
Charles Crawford
Be that as it may, have a look at PeoplePerHour.com, a superbly simple way to find people not to do Jobs but to perform ad hoc tasks at the pay rate selected by the 'service buyer''.
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April 14, 2008
Fritz Nelson
We caught up with Simon Kitiris, Peopleperhour's co-founder and CTO, at Startup Camp in London last month. It is an online services marketplace for small businesses
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March 27, 2008
Interview with Xenios Thrasyvoulou, founder and CEO of peopleperhour.com. They talk about Xenios's own business journey, the benefits of outsourcing, London as a centre for web entrepreneurs and plans for international growth.
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February 27, 2008
Interview on Outsourcing of Xenios Thrasyvoulou, CEO of PeoplePerHour.com, by Tiscali.co.uk.
February 15, 2008
Emma Jones
This site is a marketplace for freelancers; matching self-employed and home-working professionals with project work in small businesses. If you’re looking for work, or someone to do your work, it’s worth paying this site a visit.
February 12, 2008
The CEO and founder of Peopleperhour.com, Xenios Thrasyvoulou is expecting to make the small and medium sized businesses smarter with his methods. He and other people related to this firm predict that the small businesses along with the freelancers will require smarter ways for generating income in this year.
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January 21, 2008
Do you freelance? Peopleperhour.com can help find your next project. Like the name says, peopleperhour, focuses on light projects that require only a few hours work. It’s a cost-effective and flexible service that takes out the trouble of hiring someone full time.
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January 20, 2008
Xenios Thrasyvoulou, CEO of the online skills marketplace predicts small businesses will need smarter and different ways to generate income in 2008
Xenios Thrasyvoulou, CEO of the innovative London-based online skills marketplace, PeoplePerHour.com predicts small businesses and freelancers will need smarter ways to generate income or handle work in 2008. He predicts:
January 18, 2008
As lenders continue to put the squeeze on credit, small businesses are set to be cash-strapped during 2008 according to Xenios Thrasyvoulou, ceo of London-based Peopleperhour.com.
December 18, 2007
Leonid Kozhukh
PeoplePerHour.com is a London-based site that helps connect freelancers in various sectors with job opportunities. It’s much like Elance and Guru, though unlike those sites, it focuses less on tech, and more on administrative and other jobs.
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November 2, 2007
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September 25, 2007
A NEW online marketplace has been launched which allows small businesses to out-source projects of all sizes.
A community of skilled people can then compete for the business.
PeoplePerHour.com taps into the demand for a new approach to matching the needs of employers with the needs of the employee. This has arisen because of recent profound changes in the structure of the
September 24, 2007
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June 13, 2007
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