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Mind the understanding gap: the value of creative freelancers

The self employed, including freelancers, make up almost a third of the creative industries workforce – double the rate across the UK more broadly. So why, asks Nick Henry and Mary-Alice Stack, is their role and contribution so poorly understood?

Nick Henry and Mary-Alice Stack
6 min read

Such a lack of knowledge has been laid bare by the devastating impacts of Covid-19 on creative employment and freelancing, and the patchy support that freelancers have been able to access in response....

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