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Source Annual Business Inquiry
Date Released 16th December 2009
National Indicators N/A
Hampshire LAA targets N/A
Date range 1995 - 2008

Commentary

The information comes from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). The survey typically samples around 78,000 businesses. The ABI records a job at the location of an employee's workplace (rather than at the location of the business's main office).  Figures relate to the number of jobs within each geographical area, regardless of where the employee lives.  

In the ABI, part-time employees are those working for 30 or fewer hours per week.

The 2008 results are provisional and will be subject to revision in 2010.  Revisions for 2006 and 2007 data are also included in this release.

This is the first set of ABI results to be published under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007.  Further detail on this can be found at:  http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/standard-industrial-classification/index.html 

Confidence Levels

In principle it would be possible to collect information each month for all businesses in Great Britain and use it to construct employee totals by region and industry which would provide a true total. However, this would be very time consuming and expensive and would impose an unacceptable burden on businesses, so the ABI is based on a sample of approximately 80,000 businesses and is used to provide an estimate of the number of employees. If a different sample of 80,000 businesses were selected it would produce a different estimate.

The 2008 Inquiry sample was designed as a stratified random sample of about 66,971 businesses from the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR).  The sampling scheme is designed to give best estimates of the population totals for a given sample size and involves selecting all the largest businesses with a progressively reducing fraction of smaller businesses. This method ensures the sample size is kept to a minimum.

Users should be aware that the data presented here are estimates, subject to both sampling errors (arising from the fact that the ABI is a survey, not a census) and non-sampling errors.

Discontinuity in time-series

The latest release is subject to three discontinuities. Two of the discontinuities are the first phase in the transition to the introduction of the Business Register Employment Survey (BRES), which will replace the ABI/1 in 2009 bringing various benefits to users. In respect of the 2006 ABI/1 this represents an improvement to the detailed industry and regional employment estimates. The third discontinuity represents a methodological improvement to the apportionment of the lower level estimates.

Business Register Employment Survey (BRES)

This is the last year ABI/1 figures are to be published. BRES will replace the ABI (employment component) from the 2009 survey period onwards which will be published in December 2010. BRES is a new Office for National Statistics survey, the aim of which is to maintain the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), support regional estimation and provide the basis for annual estimates of employment.

Further detail can be found in the PDF at the bottom of this page. 

Data

The ABI for 2008 shows there are around 83,000 jobs in the borough.  

When compared to Hampshire and the South East region, Basingstoke has a higher proportion of jobs in the manufacturing and finance, IT and business support sectors.   When compared to national (GB) averages, the proportion of jobs in finance, IT and business support is significantly higher. Conversely, proportions of public sector jobs in the borough are significantly lower than county, regional and national averages.     
    
Annual Business Inquiry 2008

Basingstoke and Deane

Basingstoke and Deane

Hampshire

South East

Great Britain

(employee jobs)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

Total employee jobs

83,600

-

 - -
Full-time

62,100

74.2

70.6

69.0

68.8

Part-time

21,600

25.8

29.4

31.0

31.2

Employee jobs by industry

Manufacturing

9,000

10.8

10.2

8.1

10.2

Construction

3,600

4.3

5.0

4.5

4.8

Services (total):  

70,100

83.8

83.7

85.7

83.5

    Distribution, hotels & restaurants

20,700

24.8

25.1

24.6

23.4

    Transport & communications

4,700

5.6

5.4

5.9

5.8

    Finance, IT, other business   activities

22,400

26.7

25.1

24.0

22.0

    Public admin, education & health

15,000

18.0

22.6

25.6

27

    Other services

7,300

8.7

5.5

5.6

5.3

Tourism-related

4,600

5.5

7.7

8.2

8.2

ONS Annual Business Inquiry employee analysis

Tourism-related includes the following sectors:
551 Hotels
552 Camping sites etc
553 Restaurants
554 Bars
633 Activities of travel agencies etc
925 Library, archives, museums etc
926 Sporting activities
927 Other recreational activities

Time Series

The Office for National Statistics warn of some discontinuity issues with the ABI, particularly from 2006. The time-series below is therefore presented as a broad indication only of the relative contribution each industry sector makes to the borough`s economy. 

This time series shows jobs in each sector as a percentage of all jobs in the borough. Although there are technical caveats around the continuity of the data, the slight downward trend in the proportion of jobs in the manufacturing sector can still be seen.      


Analysing this data by the proportion of each sectors contribution to the borough`s workforce will give a partial picture.  The graph below looks at the numbers of jobs in each sector over time.  


This graph shows that the number of jobs in the distribution/hotels/restaurants and banking/finance/IT sectors continued to grow in 2007/8.  The number of jobs in public administration, education and health which has increased since 1995 has remained relatively stable in the last four to five years.  The number of manufacturing jobs in the borough has fallen slowly from a high point in 1999 (12,800) to 9,000 in 2008.  However, the comparison with other districts below confirms that, locally, the proportion of manufacturing jobs in the borough, remains one of the highest in the South East region.          

Comparisons

The analysis below concentrates on two sectors where the borough appears to have the greatest proportion and number of jobs.  

Manufacturing

The borough has one of the highest proportions of manufacturing jobs in the South East region and compares favourably with neighbouring authorities.  Proportions of jobs in this sector range from Havant (15.5%) to Epsom and Ewell (1.8%).   Milton Keynes has the highest number of jobs in the South East (11,200) and Epsom and Ewell the lowest (500).  In terms of proportions, the borough is most similar in the South East to: 

Percentage of jobs in sector:
manufacturing (ABI 2008)
Local authorities most similar to Basingstoke and Deane (South East Region)

Adur

12.2

Eastleigh

12.2

Cherwell

12.0

Slough

12.0

Horsham

11.5

Ashford

10.8

Basingstoke and Deane

10.8

Isle of Wight

10.6

Arun

10.4

Dover

10.4

Hastings

10.3

East Hampshire

10.1

New Forest

10.1

Portsmouth

10.1

  
The borough`s position (in terms of job proportions) compared with the Western Corridor and Blackwater Valley, can be seen below: 

 

In terms of industry strength, account should also be taken of the numbers of people employed within the industry.  Basingstoke and Deane is highly placed within the South East, according to the Annual Business Inquiry, placed five from top in the rankings only just behind Milton Keynes (with 11,200 manufacturing jobs), West Berkshire (10,600), Portsmouth (10,100), Slough (9,100).  Comparison with the Western Corridor and Blackwater Valley and neighbouring authority areas can be seen below:


Finance, IT and business activities 

There is a considerable range across the South East region in this sector: Mole Valley has the highest proportion of workers in this sector , supplying jobs for 38% of the workforce.  By contrast, only 10% of the workforce in Hastings are employed in this sector.  

Basingstoke and Deane has a higher proportion of jobs than the South East and national average with just over 22,000 of the borough`s workforce employed in this sector.  Proportionally, within the South East Basingstoke and Deane is most similar to: 

  

Percentage of jobs in sector:
finance, IT, insurance and business support (ABI 2008)
Local authorities most similar to Basingstoke and Deane (South East Region)

Vale of White Horse

29.1

Wycombe

28.5

Waverley

28.0

Spelthorne

27.6

Elmbridge

27.3

Brighton and Hove

26.8

Basingstoke and Deane

26.7

Slough

26.5

South Buckinghamshire

26.1

Southampton

25.9

Guildford

25.5

West Berkshire

25.5

Winchester

24.4


A comparison between the borough and the Western Corridor/Blackwater Valley authorities can be seen below.  


In terms of industry strength, account should also be taken of the numbers of people employed within the industry.  The borough falls within the top 10 local authority areas in the South East in terms of numbers of its workforce employed in this sector and is one of the highest in the Western Corridor & Blackwater Valley sub-region. 

The range across the South East is considerable. Milton Keynes has the highest number of jobs in this sector with 43,000 in the industry.  Other Western Corridor & Blackwater Valley authorities in the top 10 include Reading, Wokingham, Windsor & Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest, Basingstoke & Deane, Wycombe and West Berkshire.  Milton Keynes, Brighton & Hove and Southampton are the only non-WCBV authority areas in the top 10.  a comparison of all the WCBV areas and the borough`s neighbouring areas is seen below. 

      
Other sectors

A comparison of other sectors can be found below. 


Annual Business Inquiry 2008 (Western Corridor & Blackwater Valley + Basingstoke & Deane nearest neighbours)

Number and percentage of jobs in each sector by local authority area

Construction

Distribution, hotels & restaurants

Transport & communications

Public admin, education & health

Number of jobs

%

Number of jobs

%

Number of jobs

%

Number of jobs

%

Basingstoke and Deane

3,600

4.3

20,700

24.8

4,700

5.6

15,000

18.0

Bracknell Forest

1,400

2.3

21,100

33.7

2,900

4.6

9,100

14.4

East Hampshire

1,900

4.1

10,300

22.3

1,500

3.2

9,800

21.3

Guildford

2,400

3.3

18,000

25.1

2,200

3.1

21,600

30.1

Hart

1,800

5.1

8,400

23.8

3,800

10.9

6,100

17.4

Reading

1,900

2.0

21,600

22.2

7,600

7.8

22,100

22.7

Rushmoor

1,500

3.2

11,500

25.0

2,900

6.3

8,300

18.1

Slough

3,300

4.3

16,700

22.1

11,300

14.9

12,000

16.0

South Buckinghamshire

1,400

4.5

9,800

31.3

1,400

4.5

5,400

17.3

Surrey Heath

2,100

5.0

11,100

26.2

1,100

2.5

9,700

23.0

Test Valley

2,800

5.6

13,500

27.6

2,300

4.7

9,900

20.2

West Berkshire

3,900

4.6

20,200

23.9

7,400

8.7

14,800

17.5

Winchester

2,600

3.8

14,400

21.6

2,200

3.3

23,000

34.3

Windsor and Maidenhead

5,000

6.6

18,600

24.8

4,000

5.4

14,500

19.3

Wokingham

2,700

4.0

12,600

18.2

1,800

2.6

15,900

23.1

Wycombe

3,700

4.8

19,500

25.6

3,700

4.9

15,000

19.8

 

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