I used to be a butcher and fish monger, now I run a kitchen for a delicatessen. Due to the way our government works, the only way i am able to get full time hours at work is to be self employed, this means that work do not have to fork out hundreds of pounds each month for PAYE costs and NI etc. So as a result i get to work full time, but i do not get a single days sick pay, a single days paid holliday, so despite paying all my taxes, i now lose out on 4 weeks of paid holiday and a week of paid sick leave, no paid lunch breaks either. Sucks!