0 an industry that provides a service for people but does not result in the production of goods: --
1 all the businesses that provide services, or a particular group of these businesses: --
Transport as a whole is a service industry.
Railways are a service industry daily catering to the needs of the public.
The thesis that we are entering a so-called "weightless economy" in which all that counts is the service industry is not supported by the facts.
The social platforms mentioned aspects related to the liberalisation and its implications for the service industry.
It is pointed out in the report that a particularly high number of illicit workers are women, principally in the service industry.
By its very nature, the service industry is less suited to this approach.
It is also important to strengthen the competitiveness of the service industry and to introduce the changes needed to prolong working life.
The expansion of social services and the increase in the labour force employed in the social service industry have been rapid in advanced countries entering the post-industrialised era.
