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.
In July, the Office of National Statistics reported that unemployment levels are at a 16-year high. This is reflected in a trend of small businesses to increasingly use ad hoc freelancers over permanent staff: it's more flexible and significantly less costly - especially in times of economic instability.
PeoplePerHour.com enables businesses to post specific projects they require support for. The site currently has over 8,500 registered service providers who offer specialist skills in everything from copywriting and language translations to graphic design and web programming. A feedback system encourages service buyers to contribute and publicise ratings and reviews of providers sourced through the site.
“Outsourcing is still associated with multi-nationals farming large parts of their business to offshore destinations. However, today we are seeing that there is a unprecedented level of outsourcing by SME’s across a wide variety of disciplines,” says PeoplePerHour.com founder Xenios Thrasyvoulou. “It is great to see so many small businesses in the UK now finding efficient work solutions through Peopleperhour.com.”
Joe McDermott, from the online interview skills system - InterviewGold.com:
“We find that using contractors from peopleperhour.com is much more cost effective than taking on full or part time staff. Each project we post has resulted in a large selection of potential suppliers to choose from and the quality of work delivered has been excellent.”
Matt Lynch, from The UK's Leading Football Betting Advisers - FootballAdviser.com:
“I have found that outsourcing is an immensely worthwhile undertaking as the skills are more specialised. Through peopleperhour.com you essentially have the staff of a global organisation that you pick and choose from and just pay when you need a particular task done.”
Neil Wheatley, from Glasgow-based Wheatly Copywriting:
“Many of my clients also need web and graphic design services and using peopleperhour.com I am able to outsource these quickly, affordably and with excellent results.”
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PeoplePerHour.com Background Information
· PeoplePerHour.com was founded in 2007 by two
· The company has already attracted £350,000 of seed investment from prominent angel investors and is in discussions with a number of VCs for a further growth round.
· Typical PeoplePerHour.com buyers run small businesses (usually less than 20 people) including boutique financial firms, internet companies, property and PR agencies amongst many others.
· Visit http://www.peopleperhour.com for further information.
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