The Future of Work blogs and reports

Making the gig economy work for everyone

Blog

26 Apr 2017

Brhmie Balaram

There are now an estimated 1.1 million people in Britain’s gig economy, which is nearly as many workers as in the National Health Service (NHS) England. Brhmie Balaram introduces our latest report into the gig economy.

Bread Funds: A pioneering model of self-organising among the self-employed

Blog

24 Apr 2017

Stuart Field

As self-employment becomes an ever more significant aspect of the UK economy, how can the lack of sick pay and peer support be tackled? Stuart Field discusses Bread Funds.

Should you be forced to relax at work?

Blog

19 Apr 2017

John Owen

As knowledge work becomes more prevalent the influences on our work and wellbeing are poorly understood. Yet the rising levels of stress in the workplace suggest that we need actions to help us retain our wellbeing under pressure. What is the benefit of taking breaks on our wellbeing, and does the nature of the break make a difference?

Fulfilment for the self-employed

Blog

04 Apr 2017

Moray MacPhail FRSA

Moray Mcphil FRSA responds to our Entrepreneurial Audit with some recommendations that would improve the lives of the self-employed.

The entrepreneurial audit

Report

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.

Why government needs to get serious about self-employment

Blog

09 Feb 2017

Benedict Dellot

Our new report, The Entrepreneurial Audit, argues that paring back corporation tax and culling regulation are at best insufficient policy moves, and at worst damaging to the long-term interests of the business community.

The second age of small

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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.