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5m Brits have more than one job while double that number is looking for a side hustle

More than 5m Brits are turning to a second or even third job to beat the cost of living crisis, while another 10m are considering it, according to new data out today from insurer Royal London.

by | 27 Sep, 2022

In fact, a separate study commissioned by GoDaddy shows that nearly one in three of firms that have under 10 employees are secondary jobs for the owners, lifting the lid on ways in which people are trying to make ends meet. 

The data shows there has been a 49 per cent increase in ‘side-hustles’ in the past two years. It also reveals an increase of business owners who are in separate full-time employment, up from 20.8 per cent before March 2020, and now at 31 per cent. 

Read more at City A.M.

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