Futureskills Scotland industry Profile: Wholesale and Retail 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 prospect and
• signposts to other relevant research and organisations

Wholesale and Retail

The wholesale and retail sector includes the wholesaling of food and household goods; agricultural inputs; machinery, and intermediate inputs to industry. It includes all aspects of the retail trade expect in motor vehicles. It excludes the repair of personal and household goods. Some key facts from the profiles are:

• There are 26,100 jobs in the wholesale and retail sector in the Highlands and Islands, worth £2.4 billion
• The number of jobs in the sector has declined in recent years, but the value of the industry has remained stable
• Above average females and part-time working in the sector

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