The latest employment statistics from the ONS showed a rise in the number of people who are working and this rise is in part attributable to an increase in the number of umbrella company contractors.
Freelancers and contractors who rely on the public sector for contracts could find themselves struggling to find work according to the CIPD.
The number of short term assignments for limited company contractors, sole traders and umbrella company workers is set to drop according to a new report by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
There are now more than one million people in the UK working on a part-time basis because they are unable to find a full-time position. The number of temporary workers who can’t find permanent jobs has also increased to 40%.
New data from the Office for National Statistics shows that unemployment fell by 7,000 to 2.46 million in the three months to December 2009.
