"Figure 2: Over 50% of businesses with a shortage of workers said they were unable to meet demands","" "Impact of worker shortages, percentage of businesses not permanently stopped trading and are experiencing worker shortages, broken down by employment size band, weighted by count, UK, 15 to 28 November 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 44 of Business Insights and Conditions Survey. 2. Caution should be taken when interpreting these results. Because of the specific routing of this question, only a small number of businesses responded." "Unit","%" "","" "Size band","0 to 9 employees","10 or more employees","All businesses" "Employees working increased hours","38.5","62.8","44.8" "Had to recruit temporary workers","1.8","1","1.6" "Had to pause trading entirely","15.6","11","14.4" "Had to pause trading of some of the business","9.7","27.3","14.2" "Unable to meet demands","52.4","44.8","50.4" "Other","8.4","6.2","7.8"