"Barriers to becoming self-employed are holding back thousands of people who would love to work for themselves, according to a new report.
Fewer than half of those who aspire to be self-employed are able to achieve their goal, according to Citizens Advice – 40% of working people would like to work for themselves but only 15% of the UK workforce is currently self-employed.
The charity’s report, Going Solo, warns that a dire shortage of financial resources, a lack of available help with skills, such as budgeting or business planning, and a lack of practical support with tasks, such as completing tax returns, risk creating a barrier to people fulfilling their ambition of working for themselves."
Read full article: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/05/red-tape-and-lack-of-support-pushing-thousands-from-self-employment
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With the vast amount of knowledge available on the internet for free, I would say the barrier is even lower than ever. Financial support and intelligence are probably (as ever) the barriers. I imagine most people want to be self employed, but most find they prefer the regular income and paid holidays :)
That sounds like such utter crap from cab as usual it's more people can't get the loans to start said businesses or can't afford the first year where most businesses won't break even.