BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 65

Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 65


Recruitment

In Wave 65, businesses not permanently stopped trading were asked if they had experienced any difficulties recruiting employees in August 2022.

Figure 2: Difficulties in recruiting employees had been experienced by an estimated 48.0% of applicable businesses. The highest rates of recruitment difficulties were reported by the Accommodation & Food Services (55.7%) and Construction (52.8%) industry sectors.

A bar chart showing difficulties in recruiting employees had been experienced by an estimated 48.0% of applicable businesses in August 2022.

Source: Office for National Statistics – BICS – Weighted Scotland Estimates – Wave 65

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Business & Innovation Statistics

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