iPhone Turns 10: Helped To Create The Freelance Economy
By FF Newsroom · 29 June 2017
Ed Molyneux, CEO and co-founder of FreeAgent - who provide award-winning cloud accounting software for freelancers, micro-businesses and their accountants - said:
“The iPhone has revolutionised business in just ten years.”
“Most interestingly, as the number of people owning smartphones has grown so rapidly, so has the proportion of people who have become their own bosses, especially freelancers.”
“As Apple’s App Store opened in 2008, the number of freelancers in the UK since then has increased by a staggering 43%, amounting to a workforce of two million who contribute £119 billion to the British economy.”
“The smartphone has become so ingrained in business life that, according to FreeAgent’s research, 22% of micro-business owners now use this device solely to run their businesses day-to-day. This is just behind the desktop computer at 25% and will surely be surpassed in the coming years as smartphone technology continues to improve.”