Will Freelance Woe Never End?
(World News UK)

Date: 29 January 2021 Reporter: Philip Fisher Share: sharebutton#share`> sharebutton#share`> sharebutton#share`> sharebutton#share`> Royal Mile street performers This week has seen a welter of press releases reminding us that the plight of freelancers working in the culture sector is moving from dire to something worse as the pandemic rages on and there seems little sign of financially rewarding artistic activity in the near future. This is not a peripheral issue, since it is generally accepted that 70% of those working in the sector are self-employed. This means that they do not qualify for furlough payments and a surprisingly large proportion (the figure for...