BREXIT's Impact on UK Recruitment Sector for Food Production

This report examines the multifaceted impact of BREXIT on the UK recruitment sector, with a specific focus on the food manufacturing and production industries. The study begins with an abstract outlining the context of BREXIT and its implications for various sectors, emphasizing the organizational changes and challenges faced by the recruitment sector. It delves into the research aims, objectives, and questions, outlining the scope of the investigation. A detailed literature review explores existing research on BREXIT's impact on recruitment and the food industry. The methodology section describes the research approach, design, and data collection methods used to gather relevant information. The data analysis chapter presents the findings and interpretation of the collected data. The report concludes by linking the analysis to the objectives, offering recommendations, discussing limitations, and suggesting future research directions. The report includes a questionnaire used for data collection.

Running head: BREXIT IMPACT ON UK RECRUITMENT SECTOR
Topic: BREXIT Impact on UK recruitment Sector for Food Manufacturing/Production
Name of the Student
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Abstract
The BREXIT division was announced sometime back in the year 2016. It demanded the division
or probable exit of the entire United Kingdom from the European Union altogether. It has
resulted in various usurps in every aspect for the country as well as the entire world regarding the
social, political and the economic world. One of the most dynamic impacts that is noticed about
BREXIT in the entire world and especially United Kingdom in the recruitment sector regarding
the food manufacturing and the food production industry in the country. This thesis paper
considers the factors, which influence recruitment facility in the country in the above mentioned
industry. The organizational changes are mostly second order changes that are transformative in
nature as major changes are brought about in the strategies, structure, and culture of the
organization internally. It affects the relationships with the external environment like buyers,
suppliers and so on. This thesis paper the main purpose and aim of the research study with
determining research questions and objectives. The research themes are described to provide
details on selected thesis topic in order to enhance skills and knowledge of both associate and
person who reads. In order to overcome with the influencing factors of change management, the
change initiators combine the change processes with employees and organizational needs.

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Acknowledgement
Conducting this research has been one of the most enriching experiences of my life. The
contribution of this research to enhance my knowledge base and analytical skill has been
paramount. It gave me the opportunity to face challenges in the process and overcome them. This
would not have been possible without the valuable guidance of my professors, peers and all the
people who have contributed to this enriching experience. I would like to take this opportunity to
thank my supervisor _________________________ for the constant guidance and support
provided to me during the process of this research. It would not be justified if I did not thank my
academic guides for their important and valuable assistance and encouragement throughout the
research process. I would also like to thank my friends who had provided me with help and
encouragement for collecting primary data and valuable resources. The support of all these
people has been inspiring and enlightening throughout the process of research in the subject.
Heartfelt thanks and warmest wishes,
Yours Sincerely,

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction...................................................................................................................5
1.1 Background of the study....................................................................................................5
1.2 Research Aims and Objectives..........................................................................................5
1.3 Aims of the study...............................................................................................................6
1.4 Research Questions............................................................................................................7
1.7 Problem Statement.............................................................................................................7
1.6 Rationale of the study........................................................................................................7
1.7 Research Hypothesis..........................................................................................................8
1.8 Structure of the study.........................................................................................................9
1.9 Summary..........................................................................................................................10
Chapter 2: Literature Review.........................................................................................................11
2.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................11
2.2 Conceptual Framework....................................................................................................14
2.3 Impact of BREXIT on Recruitment Sector.....................................................................16
2.4 Impact of BREXIT on Food Manufacturing/Production Industry..................................19
2.5 Gap in the Literature........................................................................................................22
2.6 Chapter Summary............................................................................................................23
Chapter 3: Research Methodology................................................................................................24
3.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................24
3.2 Method Outline................................................................................................................25
3.3 Research Philosophy........................................................................................................26
3.5 Research Approach..........................................................................................................26
3.6 Research Design..............................................................................................................27
3.7 Chapter Summary............................................................................................................28
Chapter 4: Data Analysis...............................................................................................................28
4.1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................28
4.1 Data Collection Process...................................................................................................29
4.2 Analytical model..............................................................................................................44
4.3 Chapter Summary............................................................................................................45
Chapter 5: Conclusion...................................................................................................................46
5.1 Linking with Objectives..................................................................................................46
5.2 Recommendations............................................................................................................48

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5.3 Limitations of research....................................................................................................49
5.4 Future scope of the study.................................................................................................50
References......................................................................................................................................52
Appendix........................................................................................................................................62
1.1 Research Questionnaire.......................................................................................................62

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
BREXIT; primarily amalgamated from the words "Britain exit" is a term that is used for
the impending withdrawal for the country of United Kingdom or UK from the whole of
European Union or EU. On 23rd June 2016, 51.9 per cent of people had voted for this possible
separation following which United Kingdom had been withdrawn from the European Union
advocated by Eurosceptics (Barathova 2018). This phenomenon had a huge impact in every
single European market and industry including lives of people, the organization and even the
political aspect of the European Union. This was not something that was thought about just
within a few months but had been in talks for almost many years since the inner 6 European
countries have signed the treaty of Paris in 1951 (Whelan 2017). This has become a huge impact
on the recruitment sector in United Kingdom. The following research would that be explained in
order to make sure what exactly the impact is, be it positive or negative, in the recruitment sector
of United Kingdom; especially for the food manufacturing for production industry that is set up
entirely in United Kingdom and provide services to the people of European Union.
1.2 Research Aims and Objectives
Many authors have posted their own ideas about what the effect of BREXIT would be on
the different aspects of industries. BREXIT is not an event that would only affect smaller
organizations but has also its implications and effect on the larger compliments and huge
organizations (Morris 2017). There are many authors supporting the fact that there has been a
negative impact of the separation that is going on in the account of BREXIT that was severely
affected the recruitment sectors. The food and manufacturing industry is such that it does not

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only include the people of higher social strata, but also includes people coming from the farmer
families with low level of income. There are many authors that do not acknowledge that the
recruitment sector in food in manufacturing industry within the country of United Kingdom is
negatively affected by BREXIT (Davies 2017). Therefore, this research is aimed at the
identification of the exact impact of BREXIT in the recruitment sector of food and
manufacturing industry.
The research objectives of this particular event would find out the hidden information
through the thorough analysis of the effect through different methods. The following would be
the primary research objective of the undertaken topic:
 To find out what forms the impact of BREXIT on recruitment sector in United
Kingdom within the food manufacturing and production industry.
 To find out the ways to further research on eradicating the impact that BREXIT has
on the recruitment sector of food manufacturing and production industry.
1.3 Aims of the study
The study aims at the thorough understanding of the event of BREXIT and its
implications and impact on the economy and society of United Kingdom. This would help in
understanding the aspects of an industry and in what ways do the economic and societal aspects
affect the industries including their recruitment sectors (Cox, Murray and Round 2017). The
primary aim is to understand the implications to find out a way in which this can be eradicated if
the research finds out that the implication brought about is extremely negative for the industry as
a whole.

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1.4 Research Questions
The research questions that the following study would most likely be answering to would
be as follows:
 To what extent does BREXIT affect the recruitment sectors of United Kingdom?
 To what extent that BREXIT affect the recruitment sectors of United Kingdom
especially in the food manufacturing and production industry?
 Why does the event of BREXIT impact positively/negatively to the industry of food
manufacturing and production?
 What does the general mass feel about the event of BREXIT and its impact on the
recruitment sectors of food manufacturing and production industry?
1.7 Problem Statement
In the following research it would be studied about the impact of BREXIT on the
recruitment sectors of food manufacturing and production industry in the United Kingdom. The
problem statement in this regard is the understanding of the event and its implications on the
economic and financial state of both United Kingdom and the European Union.
1.6 Rationale of the study
The entire issue regarding the research subject what the context of the entire research is
based on the event of BREXIT that had set in following a referendum on 23 June 2016 which are
declared that United Kingdom would be withdrawn from the European Union at once (Martínez
Vidal 2018). This is created the exit of Britain from the entire European Union that had caused
several implication of the exit of one huge political, social and economic influence in the entire

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Europe. This is definitely being an issue as BREXIT affected a lot of operation within the
country including various organizations, industry and industrial sectors.
This is regarded as an issue as United Kingdom has always been one of the huge
influences in the entire of European continent. Making United Kingdom exit from the European
Union would make a lot of difference in the entire political, economic and social structure of the
continent (Green et al. 2018). The event and usurped the general masses as well as various
industries. Thus, it can always be said that BREXIT is an issue all together before being an
event.
This is still a huge issue in not just only the European Union but the entire world as well.
This is because the organizations that were within United Kingdom served not just European
Union but the entire world (Read and Fenge 2018). The industry would extremely affect due to
this and therefore, it can be said that the event is still an issue.
The following research would shed light on the implications that BREXIT has brought
about in the recruitment sectors of United Kingdom, especially with an industry of food
manufacturing production and how this impact has affected the said division.
1.7 Research Hypothesis
The research hypothesis would be described as follows:
H1: BREXIT has total effect on the recruitment sector of food manufacturing and
production industry.
H0: BREXIT has no effect on the recruitment sector of food manufacturing and
production industry.

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1.8 Structure of the study
The entire study has broken down into several smaller units for observing research in a
detailed manner. The five significant chapters in the study are:
Chapter 1: Introduction:
The introduction chapter briefly defines the undertaken topic and reason for choosing the
topic. The reason for using the energy efficient solutions has been identified in this section.
Moreover, the introduction chapter identified the research aims, objectives, research questions
and research hypothesis for conducting the entire study. All the research work that is going to be
in motion in the dissertation would have a short introduction for all the section to be covered.
Chapter 2: Literature Review:
The second chapter of the dissertation would comprise of the Literature Review. This
chapter would include the past theories and concepts that have been identified to detect the
barriers in details. Moreover, a critical analysis would also be conducted in this chapter for
determining the difference of various barriers in respect to different food manufacturing and food
production industries in the global market.
Chapter 3: Research Methodology:
In the research methodology chapter, the detailed procedure and techniques that are
utilized in conducting the undertaken study. The identification of the appropriate process of
research methods helps in gathering relevant information and carves the path of data collection
and analysis.

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Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Interpretation:
The information gathered and obtained from the primary and secondary sources are
analyzed with the help of statistical tools in this chapter. The data analysis procedure helps in
obtaining an in-depth analysis of the undertaken topic with the use of statistical tools and data
representation. Moreover, the validity of the hypothesis is also determined in this chapter. All the
procedures that would be taken to conduct the study would make sure about the outcome of the
impact of BREXIT over the said topics.
Chapter 5: Conclusion and Recommendations:
The conclusion chapter helps in linking the analysis with the defined objectives in the
introduction chapter. The analyst tries to conclude the study with the support of data analysis
obtained from the previous chapter. Based on the conclusion, the recommendations are
developed determining the success of the conducted study. This section would also include the
implications that have been witnessed in the utilization of the entire research process to analyze
the impact of BREXIT in the recruitment sector of United Kingdom in the food manufacturing
and production industry.
1.9 Summary
The impact of the BREXIT event on the recruitment sector for the country of United
Kingdom focusing on the food manufacturing and production sector has been identified as the
significant reason for not fully utilizing the potential impact (Rolfe and Hudson-Sharp 2016).
The introduction chapter has identified the underlying and hidden barriers within and outside the
organizations limits the organizations from identifying the effective members to recruit for the
organization after there has been immigration and moving out of people witnessed due to the
impact of the event called BREXIT in the food manufacturing and production industry

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(McIntosh and West 2017). This chapter identified the aims, objectives and research questions
that needs be followed while conducting the study. However, this chapter provides a brief of the
various chapters included in the entire dissertations.
Chapter 2: Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
This chapter of the dissertation would include the research process where all the
previously presented ideas and the research done on the subjects before by other researchers and
authors. The purpose to do so is nothing but the qualitative analysis that would clear the ideas
before the research is conducted. Before every topic is approached for a dissertation the first step
is the literature review (Corbett 2016). This makes the ways for the survey of the research,
synthesizing the facts, the critical analysis of the chosen topic and the presentation of detailed
information acquired through the literatures reviewed. Thus, the gap in the knowledge is
analyzed as per the acquired knowledge presented through the works of different authors and
researchers. It also saves time to look out for hidden information and the acquired knowledge
through the works presented (Pigden and Jegede 2018). This is because; the works are already
done through researches conducted by other authors and researchers.
The literature review also makes sure how to process with the research work and if the
base knowledge or ideas developed initially for the literature review forms any kind of hold in
the research or needs to be changed entirely and rebuilt based on the analyzed works of the
authors and researchers (Walliman 2015). This could also form the stepping stone after the initial
research and show the way for carrying out from the place where the authors and researchers
have already based out their researches or the conclusions they have already reached.