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CARRICK - THE NORTH COAST
AN EMPLOYMENT PROFILE
Key Points
BUSINESS IN THE ST AGNES/PERRANPORTH AREA (TR 4,5 & 6)
There are about 522 firms in the St.Agnes/Perranporth area.
The largest number of business are in the Retail sector (100) followed by Hotel & Catering (85). These account for 33% of all business 28% of al employment.
The majority of firms (3 in every 4) are predominantly small business, employing less than 5 staff.
There are some 67 firms that employ between 11 and 49 staff.
There are only 7 businesses that employ in excess of 50 staff.
The top 10 largest employers of staff in the St.Agnes/Peranporth area:
| Teagle Ltd | Engineering | 80 | Summer Lodge NH | Care | 30 | |
| Team Clean | Cleaning | 80 | Perranporth jnr school | Education | 30 | |
| John Nicholas | Construction | 50 | Perran Sands Hol Centre * | Tourism | 30 | |
| Presingoll Barns | Retail | 35 | Trevanuance Point Hotel | Hotel/Cat. | 25 | |
| Trevaunance NH | Care | 30 | Driftwod Spar | Hotel/Cat. | 25 |
* By far the largest employer when seasonal/casual employees are included (350)
EMPLOYEES IN THE ST AGNES/PERRANPORTH AREA
About 3,400 people work in and around the St Agnes/Perranporth area.
The top 5 largest sectors of employment in the St Agnes/Perranporth area are:-
| Sector | Number of Employees | % of St.Agnes Perranporth workforce | % of Country workforce |
| Retail | 616 | 19% | 17% |
| Health/Care | 417 | 12% | 11% |
| Leisure & Tourism | 410 | 12% | 12% |
| Hotel & Catering | 322 | 10% | 3% |
| Manufacturing (other) | 298 | 09% | 5% |
| Total | 2,063 | 62% | 48% |
ST AGNES/PERRANPORTH
A PROFILE OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEES (1999)
| ST AGNES/PERRANPORTH | COUNTY | |||
| SECTOR | No of Business | No of Employees | No of Business | No of Employees |
| Agric/Hort/fishing | 44 | 157 | 870 | 2,689 |
| Art/Craft/design | 10 | 12 | 272 | 929 |
| Construction | 29 | 254 | 935 | 7,785 |
| Education/Cultural | 16 | 135 | 442 | 9,217 |
| Engineering | 38 | 271 | 1,195 | 20,516 |
| Finance | 05 | 23 | 488 | 4,203 |
| Hairdressing | 09 | 19 | 315 | 840 |
| Health/Care | 38 | 417 | 979 | 16,018 |
| Hotel/Catering (*2) | 85 | 322 | 2160 | 10.165 |
| Law & Protective Services | 03 | 12 | 174 | 2.445 |
| Leisure/Tourism (*2) | 38 | 410 | 720 | 4.908 |
| Manufacturing (other) | 46 | 298 | 919 | 13,543 |
| Office | 23 | 165 | 459 | 17,173 |
| Retail | 100 | 616 | 3,319 | 24,961 |
| Transport | 18 | 175 | 385 | 4,452 |
| Other | 20 | 114 | 387 | 3,115 |
| TOTAL | 522 | 3,400 | 14,019 | 142,959 |
Excludes 1) Holdings employing family only and 2) seasonal/casual employees.
SUMMARY
WHERE ARE THE MAIN JOB OPPORTUNTIES IN ST AGNES/PERRANPORTH
- Retail accounts for 19% of all business and 18% of all employment.
- Health/Caring account for 7% of all business and 12% of all employment.
- Leisure/Tourism account for 7% of all business and 12% of all employment.
- Hotel/catering account for 16% of all business and 10% of all employment.
- Manufacturing (other) accounts for 9% of all business and 9% of all employment.
- Engineering accounts for 7% of all business and 8% of all employment.
THE SIZE OF BUSINESS OPERATING IN AND AROUND ST AGNES/PERRANPORTH
The average business employs 7 people.
There are:
- 393 (75%) firms employing less than 5 staff
- 55 (11%) firms employing 6-10 staff
- 67 (13%) firms employing 11-49 staff and
- 7 (1%) firms employing in excess of 50 staff.