Companies House have revealed that the number of UK registered companies increased by over 7,000 during May this year.
According to The Office for National Statistics, (for the three months to April 2011) the number of employees and self-employed people working part-time, because they could not find a full-time job, increased to the highest figure since comparable records began in 1992. With more than 35,000 people delving into the world of self-employment last year, there are now almost 4 million small-business owners and freelancers in the UK.
Emma Lunn, writing for the Guardian commented, ‘’Why this is happening is not hard to answer: redundancies, a lack of good jobs, and the fact that in some industries it can pay to go it alone.’
Office Response has similarly seen a marked increase in enquiries from the recently self-employed. The majority of small business owners invest a substantial amount time and money into developing their business and it is understandably becoming more important than ever for them to differentiate through the delivery of a professional service.
By using a professional telephone answering service to outsource their call handling needs these fledgling entrepreneurs are able to concentrate on developing their core
business whilst we ensure that each crucial new business opportunity (phone call, email etc) is captured by seasoned professionals… 24 hours a day.
If you are a small-business owner and would like to know how outsourcing your call handling needs could help boost your business please contact Office Response’s Business
Development team on 0845 223 7004.
