"Figure 6: Nearly a third (29%) of businesses in the accommodation and food service activities industry reported they were experiencing a shortage of workers","" "Worker shortages, businesses not permanently stopped trading, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 7 February to 20 February 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. “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”. 2. Industries may not sum to 100% because of rounding and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes." "Unit","%" "","" "","Not applicable","Not sure","No","Yes" "Accommodation and food service activities","9.8","10.9","50","29.2" "Other service activities","7.3","4.3","65.4","23" "Human health and social work activities","8.4","1.3","68.1","22.1" "Arts entertainment and recreation","15.5","*","70.9","13.2" "Real estate activities","11","*","75.6","12.9" "Construction","14","6.7","66.6","12.6" "Manufacturing","15.3","4.1","68.3","12.2" "Administrative and support service activities","16.5","5.4","66.2","12" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of
motor vehicles and motorcycles","12.4","3.9","71.8","11.9" "Transportation and storage","21.1","20.8","46.3","11.8" "Education","5.8","*","84.3","8.9" "Information and communication","25.2","5.3","64.7","4.8" "Professional scientific and technical activities","20.4","*","73.9","4.7" "All industries","15.8","5.1","67.1","12"