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Truro
A Profile Of The Surrounding Industrial Estates
Key Points
- There are 134 firms located on the Industrial Estates surroundings Truro (included St.Agnes). These firms employ a total of 2061 staff.
- The largest Estate is "Newham" where there are some 47 firms employing 820 staff.
- The Retail/Wholesale sector has the largest number of firms located in these Industrial estates (551) and Transport & Related (283).
- In the Truro area there are some 1,800 firms employing almost 25,000.
Master Summary Of Industrial Estate Surrounding Truro
| Sector | No. of Employees | No. of Firms |
| Retail/Wholesale | 551 | 51 |
| Engineering | 177 | 28 |
| Food/Drink | 73 | 3 |
| Clothing | 14 | 3 |
| Ceramics | 0 | 0 |
| Furniture/Timber | 29 | 4 |
| Plastic/Rubber | 5 | 2 |
| Printing | 11 | 2 |
| Other Manufacturing | 110 | 7 |
| Construction & related | 150 | 14 |
| Transport & related | 283 | 7 |
| Miscellaneous | 658 | 13 |
| TOTAL | 2,061 | 134 |
Excludes 1 Holdings employing family only and 2 seasonal/casual employees.
SUMMARY
WHERE ARE THE MAIN JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN TRURO
- Office work accounts for 4% of all businesses and 22% of all employment.
- Health/Catering account for 6% of all businesses and 21% of all employment.
- Retail accounts for 26% of all businesses and 19% of all employment.
- Finance accounts for 5% of all business and 6% of all employment.
- Construction accounts for 8% of all business and 6% of all employment.
THE SIZE OF BUSINESS OPERATING IN AND AROUND TRURO
The average business employs 14 people.
There are:-
- 1089 (60%) firms employing less than 5 staff
- 270 (15%) firms employing 6 - 10 staff
- 285 (16%) firms employing 11 - 49 staff and
- 65 (4%) firms employing in excess of 50 staff.