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Employment
The proportion of businesses Has the number of employees increased
reporting an increase or no or decreased over the last 12 months?
change in employee numbers
decreased slightly from 89% in
2016 to 87% this year. This year,
3% more businesses report
an increase in staff compared 30% 41% 28% 31%
to 2016. The proportion of Increase
businesses reporting no change
has decreased by 5% in 2016 52% 61% 56%
compared to this year. There 47% No change
has been little change in the
proportion of businesses Decrease
reporting a decrease in
employees from 2015 to 2017, 18% 12% 11% 12%
suggesting stabilisation of 2014 2015 2016 2017
employee numbers.

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