1.8 million people plan to start a business in 2020
Workplace Insight | February 25, 2020
With less than a month to go before the government sets out its economic predictions in its first spring budget, new research points to a 30 percent increase in people planning to start a business or register as self-employed this year. With 1.4 million new limited company or self-employed registrations in 2019, 2020 could see that rise to as many as 1.8 million new registrations, Intuit QuickBooks, which commissioned the research, claims. The survey of 2,500 people also identified various indicators of confidence among early-stage entrepreneurs: