Most businesses won’t pay more national insurance. But the UK’s small employers still need support

By Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kingston University

There are nearly 5.5 million businesses in the UK. It may come as a surprise, however, to learn that most of these (about 4.1 million) are not employers. They might be, for example, the sole traders we call to fix our leaky roof or the freelance workers providing support to bigger firms.

Of the remaining 1.4 million UK businesses that employ staff, most are micro and small businesses (meaning they have…

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