1. Main Activity
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Mar '05 | Jun '05 | Sept '05 | Dec '05 | Mar '06 |
| Distribution, hotels/catering, repairs |
12 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 10 |
| Transport and communication |
4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Financial and business service |
22 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 23 |
| Other Services |
52 | 49 | 63 | 39 | 42 |
| Agriculture |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other |
9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
2. UK Market
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Mar '05 | Jun '05 | Sept '05 | Dec '05 | Mar '06 |
| a) sales/custom/bookings have |
| increased |
49 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 44 |
| remained constant |
37 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 41 |
| decreased |
14 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
| b) orders/advance custom/bookings have |
| increased |
40 | 48 | 35 | 34 | 40 |
| remained constant |
46 | 19 | 46 | 47 | 45 |
| decreased |
15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
3. Export Market
|
Mar '05 | Jun '05 | Sept '05 | Dec '05 | Mar '06 |
| a) sales/custom/bookings have |
| increased |
34 | 34 | 29 | 29 | 33 |
| remained constant |
48 | 41 | 51 | 39 | 57 |
| decreased |
18 | 25 | 20 | 31 | 10 |
| b) orders/advance custom/bookings have |
| increased |
31 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 35 |
| remained constant |
54 | 52 | 61 | 54 | 57 |
| decreased |
15 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 8 |
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4. The Labour Force
|
Mar '05 | Jun '05 | Sept '05 | Dec '05 | Mar '06 |
| a) over the past three months the workforce has |
| increased |
20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 23 |
| remained constant |
69 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 66 |
| decreased |
11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| b) Over the next three months workforce will probably |
| increase |
32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
| remain constant |
64 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 64 |
| decrease |
4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| c) The percentage of firms attempting to recruit is: |
|
49 | 55 | 48 | 51 | 48 |
| Within each of the following categories percentage of firms attempting to recruit: |
| Part-time jobs |
22 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 17 |
| Full-time jobs |
40 | 42 | 34 | 41 | 36 |
| Temporary jobs |
12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Permanent jobs |
26 | 27 | 36 | 26 | 35 |
| d) The percentage of firms who have experienced recruitment difficulties over last three months is: |
|
7 | 54 | 51 | 59 | 49 |
| Within each of the following categories percentage of companies experiencing difficulty in recruiting: |
| Skilled manual is |
19 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 26 |
| Proffessional/managerial is |
29 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 26 |
| Clerical is |
10 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 16 |
| Un and semi-skilled is |
19 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| Graduates is |
| | | | 7 |
| Skilled admin is |
| | | | 15 |
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