"Figure 13: Across all industries, 2% of businesses had an increased number of workers from within the EU and 8% had a decreased number, since the start of the pandemic","" "Workers from within the EU, businesses that have not permanently stopped trading, broken down by industry, weighted, UK, 19 October to 1 November 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 17 of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); businesses that have not permanently stopped trading. 2. Industries may not sum to 100% because of rounding, percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes, and the options “Stayed the same”, “Not sure” and “Prefer not to say” being removed. 3. Other services and Mining and quarrying have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All Industries”. 4. Please note the Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey only collects data from private sector businesses." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Decreased","Increased" "Accommodation and food service activities","18.6","1.2" "Administrative and support service activities","11.6","2.3" "Manufacturing","8.5","2.2" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","6.2","2.1" "Transportation and storage","5.7","1.8" "Education","5.6","1.7" "Professional scientific and technical activities","5.3","2.2" "Human health and social work activities","5.3","2.3" "Construction","4.2","2.2" "Information and communication","3.9","4" "Real estate activities","3.7","1.4" "Arts entertainment and recreation","3.1","*" "Water supply; sewerage waste management and remediation activities","2","*" "All industries","7.7","2.1"