600,000 employees in pub sector – 900,000 when you expand it to brewing
43% of pub staff are aged 25 or below
Builders Merchants Federation (
BMF):
760 members have a combined turnover of £38 billion, within the £156 billion total construction industry in the UK
members employ over 190,000 people in the industry
BMF merchant members operate from over 5,700 branches throughout the UK and Ireland
Quotes from employers
IKEA
IKEA, which employs more than 11,000 people across its 21 UK stores, has continued to support staff throughout the pandemic, with an extensive set of safe working procedures in place and ensuring that all workers were paid 100% of their contracted hours, regardless of the restrictions in place. IKEA supports the vaccine roll-out and ensure co-workers receive paid time off to attend vaccination appointments and makes sure the most up-to-date information is shared and available.