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Commons Debate pack by Georgina Hutton, Andy Powell and Matthew Ward. It was first published on Wednesday, 16 June 2021. It was last updated on Monday, 21 June 2021.


The beauty and wellbeing sector workforce

Summary

There has been a fall in the number of people who are employed in this sector following the coronavirus outbreak.

Businesses in this sector have been able to benefit from Government support schemes available to businesses from all industries. As at 30 April 2021, 113,000 jobs within this sector were on furlough, which was 39% of eligible jobs.

There has also been a fall in the number of apprenticeship starts following the outbreak of the pandemic.

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Secondary information

Type
Research briefing
Reference
CDP-2021-0097 
Related items
Beauty and Wellbeing Sector Workforce
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Subjects
Apprentices Women Disease control Government assistance Business rates Personal care services Tax allowances VAT Self-employed Coronavirus Coronavirus job retention scheme Self-employment income support scheme
Contains statistics
Yes
Published by
Economic Policy and Statistics Section
House of Commons Library
Link
View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk