"Figure 7: Approximately 3 in 10 (29%) businesses with 10 or more employees reported they experienced difficulties recruiting employees in February 2023","" "Business recruitment, businesses not permanently stopped trading with 10 or more employees, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 1 to 28 February 2023","" "","" "Notes","1. Bars may not sum to 100% because of rounding, and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes. 2. “Mining and quarrying” and “Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All industries”." "Unit","%" "","" "Industries","Not applicable","Not sure","No","Yes" "Human health and social work activities","11.2","8.1","35.1","45.6" "Accommodation and food service activities","19.3","6.9","33.8","40.1" "Education","8.6","11.6","43.6","36.2" "Other service activities","21.7","13.6","30.3","34.4" "Manufacturing","24.4","9.5","37.9","28.1" "Administrative and support service activities","20.1","10.5","41.4","28.0" "Construction","24.3","7.2","40.6","27.9" "Transportation and storage","23.7","5.7","43.1","27.5" "Professional scientific and technical activities","29.9","11.8","34.5","23.8" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","29.4","6.7","40.8","23.1" "Information and communication","24.2","10.2","44.3","21.2" "Arts entertainment and recreation","27.5","9.5","43.2","19.8" "Real estate activities","35.7","3.2","48.6","12.6" "All sized businesses excluding 0-9","23.9","8.6","38.6","28.9"