Sunday Times seeks case-study: why are you self-employed?

[Laurance]

Sorted. Thanks, all.

[rd409]

I started contracting because I always wanted to learn how to bleed the radiators.

[Batcher]

The Sunday Times is seeking to speak to - and probably picture - an IT contractor who used to be in a staff job and who is now self-employed. This could be someone whose job was done away with - and that was the trigger for the person's becomng self-employed. This would be for a more general piece on the changing nature of employment in the UK to run in this weekend's paper. It would be necessary to speak to the person concerned today, Thursday. If able to help, please contact Ben Laurance on ben.laurance@sunday-times.co.uk

Best to contact IPSE as they have a large membership of self-employed. Most contractors on here are business owners or working through umbrella companies and are not self-employed.

https://www.ipse.co.uk/about-us/press-office

[GlenW]

The Sunday Times is seeking to speak to - and probably picture - an IT contractor who used to be in a staff job and who is now self-employed. This could be someone whose job was done away with - and that was the trigger for the person's becomng self-employed. This would be for a more general piece on the changing nature of employment in the UK to run in this weekend's paper. It would be necessary to speak to the person concerned today, Thursday. If able to help, please contact Ben Laurance on ben.laurance@sunday-times.co.uk

You'd be better off posting on a site that has lots of self-employed members, not here.

[norrahe]

Wasn't cojak in the Times a few years back?

[GlenW]

Wasn't cojak in the Times a few years back?

Classified ads?

[tractor]

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Wasn't cojak in the Times a few years back?

So was I, in another life - 1972 I think

But I am not self-employed.

[TheFaQQer]

The Sunday Times is seeking to speak to - and probably picture - an IT contractor who used to be in a staff job and who is now self-employed. This could be someone whose job was done away with - and that was the trigger for the person's becomng self-employed. This would be for a more general piece on the changing nature of employment in the UK to run in this weekend's paper. It would be necessary to speak to the person concerned today, Thursday. If able to help, please contact Ben Laurance on ben.laurance@sunday-times.co.uk

These days, you are more likely to find someone who is self-employed working for a newspaper, rather than here, Ben.

As others have said, you won't find anyone who is self-employed on the forum - I've not met anyone who is self-employed doing a similar role as I do, because agencies and clients will not deal with the self-employed for various (primarily tax) reasons.

I you want to speak to people who own a limited company and work for that company, then there are loads around here - whether that's the "typcial" serial single client contractor or someone who has built a different business themselves.

Good luck with your search.

[TheFaQQer]

Wasn't cojak in the Times a few years back?

I was in The Grauniad once - they were writing about people challenging airlines for not complying with the EU rules on flight delays and cancellations, and I had just filed a small claims court action against BA.

I was also on national TV news in America, but I'm still trying to get Google to take down the search results

[d000hg]

Best to contact IPSE as they have a large membership of self-employed. Most contractors on here are business owners or working through umbrella companies and are not self-employed.

https://www.ipse.co.uk/about-us/press-office

You'd be better off posting on a site that has lots of self-employed members, not here.

I rather think we fit the description of what he means, and furthermore I think you know it. The OP might clarify of course whether it was an issue of terminology or not just to be sure.