Improve employment and enterprise numbers in the UK by industry, 2004
Table collated using Improve’s Skills Needs Analysis (volume 1) 2006 using data from the  ONS Inter-departmental Business Register (2004) and the Annual Business Inquiry (2003).   Table shows the numbers employed and the number of enterprises in the UK food and drink manufacturing and processing sector by industry.

Employment levels and shares by gender and employment status, 1994-2014
Table taken from Working Futures (2006) shows the number and proportions in the Improve sector by gender and employment status (including full-time, part-time and self-employed) for 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 together total employment.  Based on CE/IER estimates.

Employment status of Improve workforce, 1984-2014
Figure taken from Working Futures (2006) shows the Improve workforce by employment status (including full-time, part-time and self-employed) from 1984 to 2004 and predicted numbers until 2014.  Based on CE/IER estimates.

Sector vacancies by region, 2004
Bar-chart shows the percentage of employers reporting vacancies by region in comparison to England.  Chart taken from Improve’s English sector report and uses data from the National Employer Skills Survey (2004).

Characteristics of the Scottish food and drink sector, 2003
Bar-chart taken from Futureskills Scotland 2005 and is based on Annual Business Inquiry 2003.  Chart shows the percentage of female employees, part-time jobs and workplaces with 1-10 employees in the food and drink manufacturing and processing sector compared to all other sectors in Scotland.

Composition of Improve employment by SOC2000 major group, 1994-2014
Working Futures (2006) table shows the employment levels in actual and predicted numbers and percentages for those employed in the Improve sector for 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 by SOC2000 major groups.  Based on CE/IER estimates.

Total requirement for Improve sector by SOC2000 major group, 2004-2014
Figure taken from Working Futures (2006) shows the total requirement for the Improve sector by SOC2000 major group for the period 2004-2014.  Based on CE/IER estimates.

Employment in the Improve sector by gender, 1984-2014
Figure taken from Working Futures (2006) shows the number of women and men employed in the Improve sector from 1984 and predicted numbers until 2014.  Based on CE/IER estimates.

Age profile of the Improve workforce, 2006
Table compares the proportion of the food, drink and tobacco sector by age with UK economy. Table created using SSDA Skills Matrix.  Data from the 2005 Labour Force Survey (quarter 2).

Highest qualification held by Improve workforce in England, 2004
Bar-chart represents the number of the sector workforce by highest qualification.  Chart taken from Improve’s Skills Needs Analysis (volume 1) 2006 using data from the Labour Force Survey (2004).  Based on SIC15 only.