
Side Hustle Statistics UK
The phenomenon of the “side hustle” — namely having a second source of income in addition to a full-time job, is on the rise in the public. Let’s crunch the numbers.
We all love a good statistic. Or is that just me?
Anyway, this is where we compile all of our data centric posts – content that analyses facts and figures relevant to the micro businesses and freelancers in the UK today.

The phenomenon of the “side hustle” — namely having a second source of income in addition to a full-time job, is on the rise in the public. Let’s crunch the numbers.

Coronavirus has cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs. But just how serious is it? We look at the UK’s redundancy statistics for 2020.

How has Coronavirus lockdown 2020affected productivity? We surveyed more than 2,000 adults in the UK to get the statistics.

The government’s new furlough scheme (officially named the “Job Retention Scheme”) has helped millions of employees around the UK to keep their jobs and continue

The strain of lockdown has had a real impact on workers all over the UK, many of whom have been furloughed, let go or have

Confession. I’m amongst them. I have an office landline number but many clients still have my personal mobile number. So by no means am I

Some self employed folk are very organised and submit their tax returns months in advance. Some cut it close. But how many are late? We look at late tax return statistics across the country.

True story: Me in 2019: “Next year, I’ll stop registering domains unless I KNOW for a fact I’m going to do something with them immediately.”

Procrastination is a particularly big problem for those of running small businesses. But how many of us procrastinate and what can we do about it. Let’s look at the statistics.

Most businesses will fail before the end of their 5th year.
Scary statistic. But we do see variations from sector to sector and geographically too. DeVono Cressa analysed some of the statistics.

Managing staff schedules, tracking absences, keeping payroll accurate? Used to mean spreadsheets. Manual updates. Hours of admin weekly. For many UK businesses operating across construction

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With limited marketing budgets and often very limited time to spare, big advertising or marketing campaigns can be a real struggle for small businesses. But
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