‘Dramatic’ rise in arts employment prospects

The UK arts sector is experiencing a "dramatic" rise in employment prospects this summer.

CIPD, the industry body for human resources professionals, says the change in fortunes is most pronounced among arts, entertainment and hospitality sectors, with 72% of employers looking to hire this year compared to 26% in summer 2020.

However, half of employers in this group found vacanices hard to fill, compared to 39% across all employers.

Arts, entertainment and hospitality had the lowest percentage of employers considering redundancies at 7%. This time last year, more than a third were planning job cuts.

The data indicates positive change for the sector; however, it does not distinguish hotel, catering and restaurant jobs from those in arts and entertainment.