<p class="text-align-justify">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 i.e., this service accounted for 3-4% of the overall output of the economy in each UK country.</p>

<p class="text-align-justify">On January 1, 2020, the UK had 223,045 food and accommodation firms, accounting for 3.7% of all the businesses. 172,390 of them belong to food and beverage service businesses whereas 50,660 belong to accommodation businesses. Employers accounted for 137,225 among these or 10% of the total in the UK.<br />
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