The Future of Work blogs and reports

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The age of automation: Artificial Intelligence, robotics and the future of low-skilled work

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18 Sep 2017

Will AI and robotics lead to the decimation of our labour market? Our new report questions whether this concern is justified.
Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

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10 Jul 2017

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, delivers his review for the Prime Minister into modern working practices.
The self-organising self-employed

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13 Jun 2017

We call for a movement of mass self-organising among the self-employed, and set out a number of ideas to take grassroots initiatives from the margins to the mainstream.
Good Gigs: A fairer future for the UK’s gig economy

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26 Apr 2017

Over the last five years, the trend of using online platforms to source small, sometimes on-demand, jobs has accelerated, and shows little sign of slowing down.
The entrepreneurial audit

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09 Feb 2017

If the government is serious about improving the productivity, resilience and long-term financial success of the self-employed, then it must be more willing to intervene to set problems right.
The second age of small

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12 Jun 2015

Micro businesses are often painted as inefficient, lightweight and an overall drain on our economy. But our research finds that many are in fact thriving, boosted by new technologies, changing consumer habits and a pro-business policy agenda. So are we at the dawn of a ‘second age of small’?
The new digital learning age

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13 May 2015

In this major new policy report, the first in the Power to Create series, Anthony Painter and Louise Bamfield argue that major institutional change to work and learning is needed to promote ‘inclusive social mobility'.
Boosting the living standards of the self-employed

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26 Mar 2015

This new report examines how the living standards of the self-employed could be improved and touches upon issues such as earnings, savings, pensions, welfare and taxation.
Salvation in a Start-up?

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30 Apr 2014

Our report 'Salvation in a Start-up?' explores the factors behind the boom in self-employment and examines what life is really like for the growing numbers of people who now work for themselves.