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April 2, 2012
With the Startup America initiative in full swing, small businesses are becoming more entrepreneurial and turning online for freelance talent.
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February 8, 2012
Major survey of UK small businesses finds dramatic rise in use of Facebook for business purposes over past year.
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February 8, 2012
A major survey of the UK’s 4.5million SMEs has revealed a sharp rise in the number of small businesses using the internet to sell their products and services.
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February 2, 2012
A major new survey has revealed that a growing number of small businesses prefer to hire freelancers than in-house staff.
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December 23, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of Lancaster businesses turning to freelance consultants in the run up to Christmas.
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December 23, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of Liverpool businesses turning to freelance consultants in the run up to Christmas.
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December 23, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of Manchester businesses turning to freelance consultants in the run up to Christmas
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December 12, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of UK businesses turning to freelance consultants in the run up to Christmas.
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October 26, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of UK businesses turning to freelance consultants to save costs.
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October 18, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in mumpreneurs – a woman who combines running a business with looking after her children, signing up to the site and winning new work for their businesses.
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October 18, 2011
More and more dads are taking the opportunity to work from home to help or solely look after the children.
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October 10, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rise in the number of small businesses hiring IT consultants in the last 12 months.
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October 3, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of young people setting up their own businesses and creating their own job opportunities, following the release of the Labour Market Statistics
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September 12, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in mum’s at home with children working in digital sector.
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August 31, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of UK businesses hiring remote staff in the last year.
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August 1, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in mum’s at home with children working in digital sector.
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July 28, 2011
Despite yesterday’s weaker than expected GDP figures cutting the odds on reaching this year’s official economic growth target of 1.7%, the UK’s digital sector continues to enjoy record growth.
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July 12, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in British people struggling with the cost of living in the UK today on the eve of the Labour Market Statistics.
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July 1, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports a rise in the number of students working remotely for employers as an alternative to traditional internships.
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June 13, 2011
London – PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of people made redundant securing work as consultants in the digital sector.
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June 6, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rapid rise in the number of students winning work as consultants in the digital sector.
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April 7, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com (http://www.peopleperhour.com/) • Europe’s biggest online business marketplace • today reported the busiest quarter on record for overseas companies posting jobs specifically for UK-based digital freelancers.
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March 17, 2011
After swathing cutbacks in the public sector, PeoplePerHour.com reports huge rise in outsourcing to freelancers • particularly those with digital skills.
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January 17, 2011
PeoplePerHour.com reports rise in the number of small businesses hiring IT consultants in the last 12 months.
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December 17, 2009
As government and business increasingly run operations over the internet, PeoplePerHour.com asks if the UK is moving towards an entirely virtual future.
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December 15, 2009
Second generation online marketplace PeoplePerHour.com • dubbed the eBay for business’ by the BBC • grows rapidly as US small businesses prefer to outsource locally instead of offshore.
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December 4, 2009
Major survey of UK small businesses suggests optimism abounds, but there’s still a reluctance to hire new staff.
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November 26, 2009
New research into 43,000 users of PeoplePerHour.com reveals how freelance sales staff have helped UK small businesses cut costs and ramp-up sales to survive recession.
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November 23, 2009
First results from the ongoing PeoplePerHour.com Small Business Survey • one of the most extensive surveys of its kind extending to 43,000 small and micro-businesses • reveal pivotal role played by freelancers in helping small businesses.
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November 10, 2009
PeoplePerHour.com data reveals that small businesses are recovering and investing in growth.
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September 22, 2009
Growing numbers of businesses are choosing to employ and manage a staff of remote freelancers over the internet, realising huge carbon emissions savings.
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September 10, 2009
The proportion of new PeoplePerHour.com registrants who are unemployed continues to grow as jobless Britons turn to the website in their thousands in search of freelance work.
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September 3, 2009
Statistics released last week show 17 percent increase in households with access to broadband in 2009 compared with 2008, which is fuelling the rapid rise of UK home businesses says PeoplePerHour.com.
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August 17, 2009
PeoplePerHour.com poll finds that eighty percent of UK small business owners believe the recession has helped strengthen their business models.
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August 4, 2009
High-speed broadband internet and increasing emphasis on work-life balance will see home workers account for one in five UK workers by 2015 predicts PeoplePerHour.com.
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June 25, 2009
PeoplePerHour.com predicts exponential growth in number of home businesses in next three years as government unveils plans for Digital Britain.
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June 5, 2009
PeoplePerHour.com membership grows 24% in a week as BBC TV report describing the site as an eBay for business’ results in huge surge of interest.
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May 22, 2009
PeoplePerHour.com • the website that connects small businesses with remote freelancers • reports 15% increase in budgets since March and shift towards business development over cost-saving, as increasing body of evidence points to green shoots of
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May 15, 2009
Press Release: London 15 May 2009 • Businesses in Glasgow make better use of the internet to save cost, ranking higher than any other UK city reports PeoplePerHour.com.
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May 14, 2009
Press Release: London, 14 May 2009 • Technology not available in previous recessions fuels entrepreneurial activity and helps small businesses survive.
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April 23, 2009
Online freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour.com grows more than 500% in one year as entrepreneurs look to minimise costs in downturn by adopting virtual’ business models.
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April 9, 2009
PeoplePerHour.com reports that many recently-redundant Britons are leading happier family lives, as a major survey published this week reveals that 50% of Britons say family life is harder than 20 years ago.
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March 26, 2009
As the plunging value of the Pound forces thousands of ex-pat pensioners to return to the UK, a plucky few are using the internet to find remote freelance jobs to keep alive their dream of a retirement in the sun.
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February 26, 2009
Press Release: London, 3 March 2009 • PeoplePerHour.com reports that thousands of redundant Britons are selling services online to make ends meet.
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January 22, 2009
Press Release: London, 22 January 2009 • Websites like PeoplePerHour.com change the meaning of the term unemployment’ by providing instant ad hoc earning opportunities.
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November 20, 2008
Press release: London, November 20 2008 • Businesses choose quality over cost as UK-based freelancers prove more popular than cheaper overseas competition.
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October 30, 2008
Press Release: October 30 2008 • Thousands of Britons use PeoplePerHour.com to earn money in their spare time and avoid Christmas on a shoestring.
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October 16, 2008
Press Release: October 16 2008 • PeoplePerHour.com booms on back of 16% increase in home working in past year.
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October 9, 2008
Press Release: London, 9 October 2008 • As the UK enters recession, thousands of stay-at-home mums are using the internet to find occasional work to supplement the household income.
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September 25, 2008
Press Release: London, 25 September 2008 • Hard-hit businesses engage former City financiers to get help, reports online marketplace for services PeoplePerHour.com.
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September 18, 2008
Press Release: London, 18 September 2008 • Impressive first year figures from dotcom startup indicate growing trend for businesses to choose ad-hoc online outsourcing over traditional temporary recruitment agencies
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September 4, 2008
Online marketplace for services PeoplePerHour.com this week launched a new web 2.0 feature to enable individuals to collectively bid for work and collaborate on business projects.
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August 7, 2008
Press Release: London, 7 August 2008 • Unemployment figures prove UK-based SMEs are increasingly choosing freelancers over permanent staff says PeoplePerHour.com, the UK’s biggest and fastest-growing online marketplace for services.
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July 24, 2008
Press Release: London, 24 July 2008 • Dotcom veteran brings extensive online experience to PeoplePerHour.com: the UK’s biggest and fastest-growing online marketplace for services.
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June 19, 2008
Consumer inflation is forcing increasing numbers of people to seek second income, says online marketplace for services PeoplePerHour.com.
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May 29, 2008
Press Release, 29th May 2008: PeoplePerHour.com launches online networking to facilitate small business outsourcing to virtual teams’.
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May 22, 2008
Website grows thirty percent month-on-month as UK small business redefines traditional perception of outsourcing.
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April 23, 2008
Small businesses struggle to attract top sales talent, but the leading online skills marketplace, PeoplePerHour.com has bagged a seasoned medical and IT sales manager in Maggie Robertson as their 5000th registered provider
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April 18, 2008
The latest poll on http://www.PeoplePerHour.com, the leading online skills marketplace, shows that just over half of the freelancers polled (51.8%) have a business plan
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March 15, 2008
The latest poll on http://www.PeoplePerHour.com, the leading online skills marketplace, shows that more than half (59.3%) the small business owners and freelancers who use the site went into self employment to achieve a better work-life balance:
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March 15, 2008
John Whalvin (35) took the plunge into freelancing after 10 years in Advertising, Marketing and Graphic/Website Design agencies. He has worked in Graphics and Website Design since leaving university in 1997
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March 5, 2008
Nikki Newhouse, based in Oxfordshire and London, a freelance writer and practicing coach is the 4000th service provider signed up on the leading online skills marketplace: Peopleperhour.com.
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February 24, 2008
It is coming up to the end of another tax year and crunch time for several thousands of self •employed people who may find themselves caught by a strange tax twist: IR35.
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February 23, 2008
Today's report that World-Check and Datanomic found nearly 4000 terrorists, financial criminals and disqualified directors in the UK's Companies House Register (plus another 27,000 suspects).
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February 8, 2008
Xenios Thrasyvoulou, CEO of the online skills marketplace, PeoplePerHour.com says:
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January 20, 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:
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November 12, 2007
Xenios Thrasyvoulou, CEO of peopleperhour.com, explains how to find support:
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July 17, 2007
In a post cold-war era, where capitalism reigns as the dominant force of globalization, never has there been a time where we were in as much control of our own labour as we are now
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June 27, 2007
Becoming your own boss may be an exciting path, and a goal worth striving for, but if you are risking a secure job, you better take some advice from those who’ve done it before. Make no mistake • it will not be an overnight process or an instant
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March 3, 2007
PeoplePerHour.com reports that thousands of redundant Britons are selling services online to make ends meet.
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