A new study of 243 freelance workers in comms paints a grim snapshot of how self-employed professionals feel they are being left behind.
In the weeks since the Government put the UK into lockdown, 50 per cent of freelancers polled have lost at least 60 per cent of their income, with a staggering 33 per cent reporting that their income has been slashed by 80 per cent or more.
Two-thirds of respondents reported losses of at least 40 per cent as businesses and agencies slash freelance budgets to curtail discretionary spend.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to support freelancers adversely affected by the crisis who earn £50,000 or less in average annual profits with up to £2,500 a month, or a maximum of 80 per cent of earnings.
A new study of 243 freelance workers in comms paints a grim snapshot of how self-employed professionals feel they are being left behind.
In the weeks since the Government put the UK into lockdown, 50 per cent of freelancers polled have lost at least 60 per cent of their income, with a staggering 33 per cent reporting that their income has been slashed by 80 per cent or more.
Two-thirds of respondents reported losses of at least 40 per cent as businesses and agencies slash freelance budgets to curtail discretionary spend.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to support freelancers adversely affected by the crisis who earn £50,000 or less in average annual profits with up to £2,500 a month, or a maximum of 80 per cent of earnings.
