7.4 million people work in jobs connected to exporting to the EU.
That's always been the problem with misleading "only 7% of firms trade with the EU" figure: it counts a sole trader hairdresser or Siemens or Nissan as 1 each, because it ignores headcount!
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That's always been the problem with misleading "only 7% of firms trade with the EU" figure: it counts a sole trader hairdresser or Siemens or Nissan as 1 each, because it ignores headcount!
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The real figure, if you look at the number of employees involved, is 22.7% of the UK workforce employed at companies involved in some way with exporting to the EU. Not 7%.
7% of companies. 22.7% of employees. Got that?
7% of companies. 22.7% of employees. Got that?
And that's just exports. Of course there will be a lot of overlap with importers, but some firms will only be engaged in the latter trade so the figure for overall dependence on EU trade will be higher...
NOTE: I am not saying that all 7+ million people are themselves directly engaged with EU trade. But the firms employing them are, to some degree.
