Record number of Scots want to start a business

By The Newsroom
Published 16th Jan 2018, 15:13 BST
Updated 16th Jan 2018, 15:17 BST
Ed Molyneux, chief executive of FreeAgent HoldingsEd Molyneux, chief executive of FreeAgent Holdings
Ed Molyneux, chief executive of FreeAgent Holdings
More people than ever are looking to start their own business, including more than 200,000 Scots, according to a new survey.

The poll of 1,000 workers, carried out by Edinburgh-based cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent, found that 9 per cent plan to go it alone within the next year.

Meanwhile, 28 per cent said they would like to start their own business at some point, but don’t yet have any concrete plans to do so.

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