Some interesting statistics...
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Employees
are expensive; the real cost of an employee is 2 to 2 ½ times their
salary
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Self employed people are the fastest growing group of professionals
in this country, we contribute £65 billion to the economy
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Virtual
journeys on the superhighway could reduce growth in traffic congestion
on the real highway by up to 45%, according to a new report launched
by the RAC Foundation.
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The
average cost of office space per person is £6,000 and in major UK
cities can be as much as £10,000
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According to the Institute for Employment Studies, 1.2 million of
the UK workforce, some 5% of the labour market are teleworkers, just
like me. This figure is expected to double by 2003.
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Every
working day approximately 1 million employees in Britain fail to turn
up for work, medically certified sick or self diagnosed. The upshot
is that around 200 million days are lost each year through absence,
excluding holidays and unauthorised leave, the annual cost to the
economy has been estimated at £12 billion a year.
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A
survey by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that the workload
of non-executive directors is increasing beyond recognition. According
to the study, over half of company secretaries feel the workload of
Non-Executive Directors has increased by 25% in the last three to
five years and a quarter estimated the increase as being 50%.
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