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WEALTHIER AND FAIRER - Employment
Size of businesses in the food and drink industry in Scotland, 2005
Source: Annual Business Inquiry 2005
- The majority (77%) of Scottish food and drink industry businesses have only 1-10 employees and a further 19% employ 11-49 people.
- Only 1% of the food and drink businesses have more than 200 employees.
Employment in the food and drink industry
(including agriculture and fisheries) in Scotland, 2006
Source: Annual Business Inquiry 2006, Agricultural Census 2007, Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2006
- Non-residential catering employs most people - 34% of the total employed in the food and drink industry and agriculture and fishing.
- A substantial number-28% - are employed in retailing, with further 13% in manufacturing and 19% in agriculture and fisheries (catching sector).
Index of trend in employment in the food and drink industry in Scotland, 1998-2006
Source: Annual Business Inquiry 2006
- The employment in manufacturing has been on the decline since 1998 falling 18% over the period. Conversely, the employment in the non-residential catering sector has been increasing steadily and was 23% higher in 2006 than it was in 1998.
- Despite some fluctuations during the period 1998-2006, the employment in retailing and wholesaling were around the same level in 2006 as in 1998.
Employees in the food and drink industry in Scotland by gender, 2006
Source: Annual Business Inquiry 2006
- Both manufacturing and wholesaling employ more men than women respectively.
- The opposite is true in the retailing and catering sectors, with more women than men in employment.
Employees in the food and drink industry in Scotland part-time and full-time, 2006
Source: Annual Business Inquiry 2006
- In manufacturing and wholesaling, the majority of employees - 86% and 88% respectively - are in full-time positions.
- In retailing and catering the split is more even, with the majority - 57% and 59% respectively - employed as part-time workers.
Employment in the sea fisheries catching sector Scotland, 1998-2006
Source: Annual Business Inquiry 2006
- Employment in the sea fisheries catching sector has declined over the period of 1996-2005. In 2006, the number employed increased slightly by 50 people.
- Overall during the period of 1998-2006 employment decreased by 2,566, which constituted a 33% fall.
Employment in agriculture in Scotland, 1998-2006
Source: Agricultural Census, 2007
- Since 2000, total employment has been relatively steady with 67,152 people working on farms in 2007.
- Employed workers accounted for 39% of the total. The remainder of the workforce are self-employed or spouses.
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