The study was written by consultancy firm Atkins for the four councils in Bristol and Somerset behind the plans.
Some people suggest this steep increase in self-employment is the result of a trend towards so-called portfolio careers, made up of different types of work, such as consultancy, writing and training.
My experience at a public sector consultancy writing popular science publications allowed me to hone my "translation" skills and create quite an extensive network of contacts.
"The experience of viewing and listening to live sports and entertainment coverage is dramatically enhanced by Super Hi-Vision, and Ovum envisages it representing the logical next step in TV transmission technology, following on from regular HD," wrote the consultancies' analyst Jonathan Doran in a report.
I suspect its future lies in a portfolio of employed work both at higher eduction institutions, private organisations and freelance writing and consultancy.
Despite having a mish mash of teaching, writing, and consultancy jobs that take her all over the world, she tries to check e-mail at least once a day in order to respond to students' queries.
But, presenting his figures at The Literary Consultancy's Writing in a Digital Age conference this morning, Steve Bohme, research director at Nielsen Book, predicted the figure was only going to rise.
Entitled "Trust Us", it has been co-written by a consultancy, SustainAbility, which counts such companies as Ford and Shell among its clients, and the United Nations Environment Programme.
Also on the op-ed page of the Journal, David Roche, the president of a London-based economic consultancy, writes an article that is headlined, "Recession Is Inevitable".
Miguel Kiguel of EconViews, a consultancy, wrote in a note that the certificates will attract $2 billion at most, and that most holders will swap the quasi-currency for real dollars after validating them in the property market.
