Summary

BRES publishes employee and employment estimates at detailed geographical and industrial levels and is regarded as the definitive source of official government employee statistics by industry.

Publications

• Employees in the UK by region: 2019

  The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) is the official source of employee and employment estimates by detailed geography and industry. Figures are presented mainly for regions, although some detail for local authority districts is also provided.

• Employees in the UK: 2019

  Number of employees in the UK, full-time and part-time, by sector, industry, country and English region, from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES).

• Employees in the UK by industry: 2019

  The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) is the official source of employee and employment estimates by detailed geography and industry. Figures are presented mainly for Sections as defined by the Standard Industiral Classification 2007, although some detail for Divisions is also included.

Data

• Local authority county – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 5

  Annual employee and employment estimates for the UK split by local authority county. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.

• Local authority district – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 6

  Annual employee and employment estimates for the UK split by local authority district. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.

• Broad Industry Group (Standard Industrial Classification) – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 1

  Annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by broad industry group Standard Industrial Classification: SIC 2007. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.

• Industry (two, three and five-digit Standard Industrial Classification) – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 2

  Annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by two, three and five-digit Standard Industrial Classification: SIC 2007. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.

• Region by broad industry group (Standard Industrial Classification) – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 4

  Annual employee and employment estimates for the UK split by region and broad industry group Standard Industrial Classification: SIC 2007. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.

• Region – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 3

  Annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by region. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   30 September 2020 9:30am

   Reason for change

   The Business Register Employment Survey estimates for 2019 have been delayed. Due to the impact of COVID, staff that are new to the survey have had to work from home and undergo training remotely. This situation had the potential to affect the quality of the estimates. Therefore, ONS felt it prudent to delay release for a month.

2. Previous date

   27 October 2020 9:30am

   Reason for change

   The Business Register Employment Survey estimates for 2019 have been delayed. Due to an error found within the estimates whilst undertaking quality assurance, this would have had a significant impact on the quality of the estimates. As this is the case, further processing has been undertaken to correct this error prior to publication.

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