Hospitality sector reaches £102bn value in 2018

The UK hospitality sector has reached a total annual turnover of £102bn and a year-on-year growth of 4%, according to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data published earlier this month.

The data represents the first time that all businesses in the ‘Accommodation and Food Services Activities’ category have turned over in excess of £100bn (up from £98bn in last year’s data), according to analysis of ONS data published across the last six years by hospitality recruitment platform, Adia.