The variety of retail jobs in March, which smooths out the differences due to the season in hiring patterns, is 93,000 fewer than on the similar level final 12 months, and 364,000 fewer than in 2015.
The entire of two.8 million retail jobs included 1.3 million full-time jobs and 1.5 million part-time positions. The variety of full-time jobs is down 117,000 on a decade in the past, whereas the variety of part-time jobs fell by 246,000 over the identical interval.
Helen Dickinson, chief government on the British Retail Consortium (BRC), stated: “Extra jobs have been misplaced in retail in a decade than exist throughout the entire of the fishing, automotive manufacture and steel-making industries mixed. And whereas manufacturing unit closures have shortly been met by guarantees of motion, this wave of retail jobs losses seems to go unnoticed by authorities.”
These new figures come after the BRC revealed its 2025 Retail Jobs Report, which discovered the price of using full-time entry-level workers has risen by 10%, whereas the associated fee for part-time roles has elevated by 13%.
Dickinson continued: “Within the final 10 years, virtually 250,000 part-time roles have been misplaced. The BRC has estimated that over the subsequent three years, 160,000 extra roles might be in danger. The federal government should make sure the Employment Rights Invoice tackles unscrupulous employers with out hampering employment alternatives supplied by accountable companies.”
