BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 82

Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 82.


Recruitment

In Wave 82, businesses not permanently stopped trading were asked if they had experienced any difficulties recruiting employees in April 2023.

Figure 1: Difficulties in recruiting employees had been experienced by an estimated 40.5% of applicable businesses. The highest rates of recruitment difficulties were reported by businesses in the Construction (50.4%), Accommodation & Food Services (48.8%) and Information & Communication (47.9%) industry sectors.

A bar chart showing difficulties in recruiting employees had been experienced by an estimated 40.5% of applicable businesses in April 2023.

Source: Office for National Statistics – BICS – Weighted Scotland Estimates – Wave 82

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