Futureskills Scotland Industry Profile: Accommodation in the Highlands and Islands 2006

Futureskills Scotland has published labour market profiles for 12 different industries in the Highlands and Islands. These profiles provide a brief overview of key industries that are of relevance to the Highlands and Islands. The profiles cover a range of labour market information including:

• size of industry
• employment trends
• occupational structure
• data from Futureskills Scotland's Employer Skills Survey
• industry prospects and
• signposts to other relevant research and organisations

Accommodation and Catering

The sector includes hotels, bed and breakfast businesses, motels, hostels, camping sites, holiday villages, self-catering accommodation, restaurants, take-away food shops, bars, clubs, canteens and catering businesses. It does not include sporting and recreational activities. Some key facts from the profiles are:

• There are 19,600 jobs in the accommodation and catering sector in the Highlands and Islands, worth £520 million
• The sector has above average incidence of seasonal, part-time and female staff
• Wages in the Accommodation and Catering sector for Scotland are below the Scottish average for all sectors.

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