Uome: Making self-employed life simple

SME Banking
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20/02/2023 Interview
profile picture of Jason Halstead Jason Halstead Uome Founder and CEO

Uome’s solution allows sole traders and small business owners to run their operation entirely from their phone. Their Founder and CEO Jason Halstead tells us more about it.


How many self-employed people are there in the UK and will their numbers increase?

According to Statista.com, as of October 2022 there were around 4.2 million self-employed workers in the United Kingdom. They state that self-employment in the UK has grown steadily, from a low of just 3.2 million in December 2000, to a peak of over five million at the start of 2020.

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