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Hospitality industry can create 475,000 jobs by 2020, but barriers to growth need to be removed

October 13, 2011

The hospitality industry can create 475,000 jobs by 2020 if barriers to growth are removed, says a new report by Oxford Economics, Hospitality: Driving Local Economies, commissioned by the British Hospitality Association, which is being distributed to every MP, MEP, MSP and Welsh Assembly member. The report, which identifies the hospitality industry’s contribution to each of the 406 local authorities throughout the country, says that the hospitality industry directly employs 2.4m people …

Hospitality industry can create 475,000 jobs by 2020, but barriers to growth need to be removed