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CARRICK - THE ROSELAND
AN EMPLOYMENT PROFILE

Key Points

BUSINESS IN THE ROSELAND AREA (TR2)

There are about 160 firms in the Roseland area.

The largest number of business are in the Agriculture sector (26) followed by retail sector (24) and Hotels & catering (22). These account for 45% of all business 4% of all employment.

The majority of firms (almost 9 in every 10) are predominantly small business, Employing less than 5 staff.

There are some 18 firms that employ between 11 and 49 staff.

There is only 1 business that employs in excess of 50 staff.

The top 10 largest employers of staff in the Roseland area:

Roseland School Education 53   Idle rocks * Hotel 15
Aggregates & Minerals Quarrying 50   Ship & Castle * Hotel 15
Eschol N. Home Care 40   Tresanton * Hotel 15
Penlee N. Home Care 40   Nichols & Nichols Construction 15
The Nare Hotel * Hotel 15   Price, Campbell & Black Care 15
These 10 firms employ 12% of the workforce in the St.Agnes/Perranporth area
* Numbers of employees increase significantly when seasonal/casual employees are included

EMPLOYEES IN THE ROSELAND AREA

Over 600 people work in and around the Roseland area.

The top 5 largest sectors of employment in the Roseland area are:-

Sector Number of Employees % of the Roseland workforce % of Country workforce
Retail 134 22% 17%
Education/Cultural 89 14% 11%
Hotel & Catering 69 11% 12%
Construction & related 61 10% 3%
Engineering 58 9% 5%
Total 411 66% 48%
Source CCC/Drive (1999)

THE ROSELAND
A PROFILE OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEES (1999)

  THE ROSELAND COUNTY
SECTOR No of Business No of Employees No of Business No of Employees
Agric/Hort/fishing 26 53 870 2,689
Art/Craft/design 10 10 272 929
Construction 12 61 935 7,785
Education/Cultural 8 89 442 9,217
Engineering 14 58 1,195 20,516
Finance 3 10 488 4,203
Hairdressing 3 3 315 840
Health/Care 9 35 979 16,018
Hotel/Catering (*2) 22 69 2160 10.165
Law & Protective Services 2 8 174 2.445
Leisure/Tourism (*2) 5 7 720 4.908
Manufacturing (other) 12 42 919 13,543
Office 7 10 459 17,173
Retail 24 134 3,319 24,961
Transport 3 53 385 4,452
Other 0 0 387 3,115
TOTAL 160 622 14,019 142,959
Source CCC/Drive (1999)
Excludes 1) Holdings employing family only and 2) seasonal/casual employees.

SUMMARY

WHERE ARE THE MAIN JOB OPPORTUNTIES IN THE ROSELAND

  • Retail accounts for 15% of all business and 22% of all employment.
  • Education/Cultural account for 5% of all business and 14% of all employment.
  • Hotel/catering account for 14% of all business and 11% of all employment.
  • Construction (and related) accounts for 8% of all business and 10% of all employment.
  • Engineering accounts for 9% of all business and 9% of all employment.
  • Agriculture accounts for 16% of all business and 9% of all employment.

THE SIZE OF BUSINESS OPERATING IN AND AROUND THE ROSELAND

The average business employs 4 people.
There are:

  • 141 (88%) firms employing less than 5 staff
  • 16 (10%) firms employing 6-10 staff
  • 2 (1%) firms employing 11-49 staff and
  • 1 (1%) firms employing in excess of 50 staff.

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