Charlie Mullins

Opinion 5 min read

It’s easier to leave work than return, and that needs to change

We’re told that since 2019 there’s been a dramatic rise in the number of working-age people being signed off work, …

Opinion 6 min read

The real jobs enemy: you can’t deport an algorithm

Middle England has been told, day after day, that the great threat to its living standards is illegal migration. Pressure …

Opinion 7 min read

Good intentions don’t create jobs – businesses do

I’ve built businesses from nothing. No safety net, no guaranteed income, no government cushion. Just hard graft, risk, and the …

OP

Opinion 4 min read

Economic recovery may be bleak if work from home policies continue

Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins explains why working from home impacts productivity and our economic recovery. What's the solution?

OP

Opinion 3 min read

Prepare for the post-furlough blues

The gaps in the furlough scheme will negatively affect UK businesses and the wider economy for years to come says Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins.

OP

Opinion 4 min read

We need to do our best to make the Kickstart Scheme a success

Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins calls on every business owner to support the Chancellor's Kickstart scheme to create new jobs for young people despite COVID.

OP

Opinion 3 min read

We need to avoid a lopsided recovery

We need to understand that this virus is going to be around for a while if not forever and we need to learn how to live and work with it, says Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins.

OP

Opinion 4 min read

The time for spending £40k on a Mickey Mouse degree is over

In light of the recent A-levels results fiasco, it's time for Boris and employers to make good on the promise for an apprenticeship for every young person in the UK, says Charlie Mullins.

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Opinion 4 min read

Returning to work is the easiest way to stem “economic carnage”

Simply returning to work can help the UK economy, says Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins. The list of people who depend on millions of regular financial transactions by office-based workers is endless.

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Opinion 3 min read

From furlough to a four-day week” Stop the crazy talk

As if we're not having enough trouble getting people to come back to work after furlough, now a group of whack-job MPs want workers to work four days and get paid the same money as they?d do for five.