United Kingdom (UK): manufacturing of food products number of employees 2018

The number of employees in the food product manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom decreased to 389,957 employees since the previous year. This means a decline by 20,093 employees in 2018. This decrease was preceded by an increasing number of employees in this industry.

Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
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Total number of employees in the food products manufacturing sector of the United Kingdom (UK) from 2007 to 2018

Characteristic	Total number of employees
2018	389,957
2017	410,050
2016b	392,251
2015	371,981
2014	367,386
2013	363,788
2012	353,510
2011	372,147
2010	376,314
2009	360,675
2008	372,847
2007	410,141

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Release date

February 2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2007 to 2018

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.

The source adds further explanation: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage corresponds to Section C10 of NACE Rev2.

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