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<p>Retail remains a high employment sector – approximately 3 million jobs in the UK.
More people are involved in retailing than in any other single industry in the country.</p><p>
</p><p>There were 84,000 vacancies in the retail sector as of August 2019.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2018, Government established the industry led Retail Sector Council to bring
Government and industry together to boost the sector’s productivity and economic health.
The Council has agreed its six priority work areas with four already underway. These
are: Costs to Business, Skills and Lifelong Learning, Industrial Strategy and Employment
workstreams.</p><p> </p><p>As part of wider Government efforts to support adult training,
we are also investing £100m to develop The National Retraining Scheme, which will
help prepare adults for future changes to the economy, including those brought about
by automation, and help them retrain into better jobs. This funding has allowed us
to start delivering the first part of the service, Get Help to Retrain, whilst developing
and evaluating as we build-up the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced Get Help
to Retrain to 6 areas of England and we will be rolling it out across England in 2020.
The digital service helps adults understand their existing skills and explore alternative
occupations, and training opportunities to develop new skills.</p>
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