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All of the statistics presented in this chapter relate to UK totals. Further information on the data sources and methodology used to compile the figures is provided in Chapter 10: Sources and Methodology.
Most of the statistics presented in this chapter have been previously released. Some of the figures in this chapter have been revised since Forestry Statistics 2023. For further details on revisions, see Chapter 10: Sources and Methodology.
A copy of all Employment & Businesses tables can be accessed in spreadsheet format from the Time Series page.
The main findings are:
[1] There are a number of differences in the scope of the employment estimates provided by the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) and the full-time equivalent figures obtained from the annual surveys of the UK timber industry run by Forest Research (FR). In particular, the BRES figures cover employment by all businesses in the relevant sectors that pay VAT and/or PAYE. This will include businesses that do not use UK grown timber. The FR surveys include businesses below the VAT and PAYE thresholds but exclude businesses that do not use UK grown timber.
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