Hospitality businesses are most likely to be struggling to fill vacancies

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16 September 2021

Hospitality businesses are most likely to be struggling to fill vacancies

Hospitality businesses are most likely to be struggling to fill vacancies

Hospitality businesses are more than twice as likely as other industries to be experiencing challenges in filling vacancies compared with normal expectations for this time of year.

Between 23 August and 5 September 2021, 30% of hospitality businesses said that vacancies were more difficult to fill than normal. This compares with 13% across all industries.

A lack of EU applicants is contributing to recruitment challenges, particularly in transport and storage.

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