Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec
11 May 2021|
Crushed by Covid: why Hospitality and Retail were the worst hit by the pandemic
Jobs in Retail, Wholesale were down by a massive 573% in the final three months of the year from the first three and applications down 123%
It will come as no surprise to most that the WaveTrackR Recruitment Trend: Lockdown Report revealed the hardest hit industries of 2020 to be Catering & Hospitality and Retail, Wholesale. Jobs in Retail, Wholesale were down by a massive 573% in the final three months of the year from the first three and applications down 123%. Catering & Hospitality experienced negative jobs growth of 393% and an applications decline of 582% over the same period. 2020 was a year of closures, openings and closures again. When businesses were open it was with a caveat of restrictions that often incurred costs and a lot of hard work to implement. We track their journeys over 2020, dig deeper into job losses and investigate their futures as we begin to ease out of lockdown.