 the uk s hospitality industry the uk s hospitality industry barsha mar 28092021 1114 in a broad sense the term further education refers to all nonadvanced courses following the completion of compulsory schooling the term hospitality is frequently used in a broader sense to encompass event services as well as recreational attractionsthe hospitality and leisure industry in the uk is represented by the uk hospitality and as per their definition as well as economic analysis of the industry it covers convention and trade show organizers and also recreational and amusement activities before pandemic the hospitality industry in the uk generated about 593 billion in the year 2019 this is roughly 3 of the uk s economic output accommodation accounted for 177 billion 30 while food and beverage service accounted for 416 billion 70 of the total london accounted for nearly a quarter 24 of overall sector production while the south east accounted for 13 nevertheless for each region the food and accommodation services were equally important ie this service accounted for 34 of the overall output of the economy in each uk country on january 1 2020 the uk had 223045 food and accommodation firms accounting for 37 of all the businesses 172390 of them belong to food and beverage service businesses whereas 50660 belong to accommodation businesses employers accounted for 137225 among these or 10 of the total in the uk paragraphe food 1 during pandemic the hospitality industry is one of the most impacted industries by the pandemic trading restrictions have unfairly harmed the hotel industry the economic crisis peaked in april with the economic output in the hospitality industry fell by 90 when compared with prepandemic levels even when people were allowed to dine in july output remained down 44 from february in august the sector was seen to recover driven by eat out to help out a government initiative that relaxed lockdown restrictions during the summer as a result the industry saw a growth of 71 this month compared to july however as opposed to february 2020 the output remained down 14 in august as a result of the new restrictions output has significantly decreased since september the sector s output was 67 lower in january 2021 than it was before the pandemic employment was seen to be increasing from march 2011 to 2020 in this industry the number of employees hit 253m in the first three months leading up to march 2020 a peak not seen since 1978 but as the pandemic hit the country the industry saw a loss of 147000 employment from janmar 2020 to julsep 2020 during pandemic the hospitality industry is one of the most impacted industries by the pandemic trading restrictions have unfairly harmed the hotel industry the economic crisis peaked in april with the economic output in the hospitality industry fell by 90 when compared with prepandemic levels even when people were allowed to dine in july output remained down 44 from february in august the sector was seen to recover driven by eat out to help out a government initiative that relaxed lockdown restrictions during the summer as a result the industry saw a growth of 71 this month compared to july however as opposed to february 2020 the output remained down 14 in august as a result of the new restrictions output has significantly decreased since september the sector s output was 67 lower in january 2021 than it was before the pandemic employment was seen to be increasing from march 2011 to 2020 in this industry the number of employees hit 253m in the first three months leading up to march 2020 a peak not seen since 1978 but as the pandemic hit the country the industry saw a loss of 147000 employment from janmar 2020 to julsep 2020 the term hospitality is frequently used in a broader sense to encompass event services as well as recreational attractionsthe hospitality and leisure industry in the uk is represented by the uk hospitality and as per their definition as well as economic analysis of the industry it covers convention and trade show organizers and also recreational and amusement activities before pandemic the hospitality industry in the uk generated about 593 billion in the year 2019 this is roughly 3 of the uk s economic output accommodation accounted for 177 billion 30 while food and beverage service accounted for 416 billion 70 of the total london accounted for nearly a quarter 24 of overall sector production while the south east accounted for 13 nevertheless for each region the food and accommodation services were equally important ie this service accounted for 34 of the overall output of the economy in each uk country on january 1 2020 the uk had 223045 food and accommodation firms accounting for 37 of all the businesses 172390 of them belong to food and beverage service businesses whereas 50660 belong to accommodation businesses employers accounted for 137225 among these or 10 of the total in the uk in a broad sense the term further education refers to all nonadvanced courses following the completion of compulsory schooling  