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Office for National Statistics
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Business Register and Employment Survey, 2012

Headline figures

  • The level of employees in the UK showed an increase of 0.5% between September 2011 and September 2012.
  • The number of UK full-time employees increased by 30,000, while the number of part-time employees increased by 96,000.
  • London had the largest growth in the number of employees, with an increase of 143,000. Scotland had the largest fall in the number of employees, with a decrease of 34,000.
  • The business administration and support services sector was the industrial grouping with the largest growth in the number of employees, with an increase of 71,000. Public administration had the largest fall in the number of employees, with a decrease of 36,000.
  • The level of employment (employees + working proprietors) showed an increase of 0.2%.

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