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IPSE Awards 2018

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Thank you Lucy, but I can assure you and reassure the audience there’s absolutely no chance I’ll be doing any singing this evening!

 

Anthems though: anthems are all about pride. And for me, that’s been a big theme of today.  As I announced earlier, on the tenth of July I’ll be stepping down as chairman of IPSE and handing over to the brilliant Caroline Morgan.

I’ve been chair of IPSE for three years and in all that time I’ve not felt prouder than today.

National Freelancers Day is the biggest event in IPSE’s calendar.   And this year’s, I’m sure you’ll agree has been bigger and better than ever.

 

It takes me back to the first of these I hosted back in November 2015.  It was one of the most nerve-racking experiences of my life.   A capacity management consultant coming from the world of number crunching to speak in front of a full hall.  A crowd for whom I was probably just the last programme item standing between them and the stand-up routine.

 

No pressure, Lucy!

 

It was truly nerve-shredding though  and the crowd was a fraction of the size then.  Because NFD and the Freelancer of the Year Awards have come on in astonishing leaps and bounds in a way that could really stand for the whole organisation.

 

Like NFD and the awards, over the past three years I have seen IPSE truly blossom. In the past year in particular we have done more than ever to campaign for and support self-employment.

  • We’ve represented not only our members but all freelancers and self-employed people to government.
  • We played a major part in the landmark Taylor Review successfully pushed for a Small Business Commissioner to champion the self-employed and held our most successful policy conference yet.
  • In press and research, we’ve led the field too.  Just today, we and our think tank the CRSE launched two reports on pensions and the wellbeing of the self-employed.
  • We’ve also seen influential research on everything from Brexit to the diversity of self-employment.
  • In press, we’ve not only rebranded our magazine as “Modern Work” but also launched a new magazine “My Money” to support freelancers with their finances.
  • We’ve powered ahead in training and commercial as well getting new deals for our members with everyone from Wix to Hitachi.
  • Our university partners programme has also secured deals with four more universities to help support the freelancers of the future.

 

And what about the freelancers of today?  Well, IPSE’s membership has continued to grow over the last year reaching almost 74,000.  So we now support and represent more of the UK’s self-employed community than ever.

 

All-in-all, it’s an exciting time for IPSE and the self-employed community.
Never before has this way of working been so prominent in the public consciousness.
Never before has IPSE been able to do so much for its members and all self-employed people.
And never before have we had such influence in government and beyond.

 

In fact, as we announced earlier today our influence and importance are now so great that we’re even expanding overseas, with IPSE USA.

If that’s not cause for anthemic pride  I don’t know what is.

 

That’s also what this evening is about celebrating the success not only of the UK’s best and brightest freelancers but also of the organisation that represents them: IPSE.

So let me now just take a moment to thank the sponsors who helped make National Freelancers Day and the Freelancer of the Year Awards possible.

Firstly, can we please have a big round of applause for our headline sponsor, Aon.
And can you also please put your hands together for the sponsor of the Freelancer Showcase, the Hoxby Collective!
And for another of today’s key sponsors, CMME!
And for our two track sponsors Close Brothers and AXA PPP Healthcare!
And finally for the sponsor of that all-important drinks reception later Sherpa!
Our sponsors have all helped make National Freelancers Day and the awards this evening truly spectacular.

 

Looking around tonight at our stunning venue the enormous audience we’ve drawn and the bright stars of freelancing we’ve gathered I feel immense pride.
Pride in how far we’ve come.
Pride in our plans for the future.
Pride in IPSE and all we mean to the self-employed across the UK and beyond.

And that is me, over and out.           Thank you.

 


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