Four Million UK Residents Regularly Work from Home

Home_TaxAgility Accountants LondonThe number of home-workers across Britain has reached a new milestone: four million and counting.  The number of people who work from home is up 500,000 since 2007, with 62,000 new home-workers being added over the course of the last year alone.

Analysing data freely available from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Trades Union Congress (TUC) concluded that not only has there been a (greater than) ten percent rise in individuals working from home since 2007, millions more occasionally work from home; with the majority of those making up this second group being employed workers.

Despite the largest proportion of home-workers being freelancers, employees are becoming increasingly likely to work from home both part- and full-time due to the clear benefits and flexibility this provides them.
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