About people4

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people4 refers to the group of sites owned and operated by people4business Limited.

The people4 sites are the only online services marketplaces in the UK where businesses throughout the UK – Buyers – can select professionals in any industry – Sellers – based on their skills, price, availability and location.

Our first site – «www.people4business.com» – was launched in July 2006. Since then we have launched several more people4 sites and have developed relationships with major industry partners to offer white-label versions of the people4 marketplace.

About people4business

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«people4business» launched in July 2006. Our mission when we launched was:

“To create a sophisticated online business-to-business marketplace for the buyers and sellers of contracting and consultancy services across all industries and job types”

The marketplace model

Our idea was to make buying and selling services as simple and straightforward as buying and selling products. Millions of us in the UK are already using marketplace websites and are familiar with their search techniques. We’ve made it easy to use these techniques to find skills for your business.

One website for all your contracts

With people4business, it is simple to hire contractors for any area of your business.

You can manage all your contracts from your homepage, using our straightforward management tools.

Driving down costs

Our lean 10% management fee, on our Sellers’ chosen hourly rates, is far lower than most specialist contractor sites.

We believe in absolute transparency of cost – so both Buyers and Sellers can see exactly what rates are being charged in their market.

The new flexibility

people4business is the perfect solution to the new flexible economy.

We make it easy for businesses – and now charities too – to flex staff to meet times of higher and lower demand.

And we make it easy for the self-employed to find contracts.

…and finally

With our low margins, easy-to-use website and numerous benefits for Buyers and Sellers, people4business is changing the services marketplace forever.

About people4charity

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«people4charity» was set up, by the directors of people4business, with the intention of benefiting the charitable sector in the UK.

Discounted rates for professional services

Using the functionality of people4business, people4charity offers high-quality professional services, at a significant discount.

All Sellers registered on people4business are now able to select a charity discount on their usual hourly rate, which is then available to all registered charities, via «www.people4charity.com»

Giving back to charity

In offering these reduced rates, people4charity also gains a correspondingly lower management fee – set at a flat rate of 10% on Sellers’ rates.

In addition, people4charity will return 5% of profits to those charities registered as Buyers on the site, at the end of each year.

Setting a charity discount

Registered Sellers on people4business, simply sign in and go to your homepage, where you can set your chosen charity discount – find out more.

On «www.people4charity.com» Sellers offering a charity discount are identified with this icon

About people4Web2

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people4web2, powered by people4business, is the new marketplace for professionals and businesses involved in the development of Web 2.0

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 platforms are changing the way products and services interact online. Using these technologies can improve customer experience; can cut development lead times; and can lead to the emergence of new products and services.

Using people4Web2

Buyers can use «people4web2» to find and hire specialists with proven expertise in the technologies that they want to integrate and work with.

Sellers, with Web 2.0 experience, can use «people4web2» to promote their skills – with a high degree of detail – to business Buyers looking to match very specific requirements.

About people4engineering

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people4engineering was set up by people4business, in partnership with Adecco, to offer a dedicated marketplace to the buyers and sellers of freelance engineering skills.

Through people4engineering you can quickly and easily find freelance engineering professionals, with the specific skills you are looking for. All rates are published on the site and include our very competitive 10% management fee.

If you are an engineering professional, you can use people4engineering to promote your skills to companies throughout the UK that are looking for engineers.

White-label sites

We also have a number of white-label sites operated by people4 on behalf of other businesses and organisations.

Last updated 14.11.08