Convenience store optimism: staff hours 2012-2014 Britain

This statistic shows a trend in the optimism of convenience store retailers towards increasing staff hours in Great Britain from 2012 to 2014. Optimism is measured via a quarterly survey asking retailers if they are expecting an increase in staff hours in the year ahead. Over the period optimism has been low, with the index measured in minus figures in the majority of surveys.

Convenience store retailers expecting an increase in staff hours from February 2012 to May 2014, as optimism index*

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Release date

May 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

February 2012 to May 2014

Number of respondents

1,100 respondents

Special properties

Convenience retailers (symbol and independent)

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* Index was calculated by the source by subtracting percentage of retailers expecting staff hours to decrease within the next year from the percentage of retailers expecting them to increase.

Data for periods prior to May 2014 can be found within each quarterly survey published on the ACS website.

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