A Brief Look at the County of Somerset and its businesses.
Overall Somerset has a stable and successful economy, with many
economic indicators performing better than the regional and national
averages. Over the last decade Somerset has maintained a steady
level of economic growth, low unemployment and continuous job
growth.
Business dynamism has been good in Somerset in recent years. VAT
registrations increased in number in most of the Somerset districts
with the stock of VAT registered businesses seeing an overall
increase. Cambridge Econometrics latest forecasts predict that
employment will increase by 0.3% p.a. in the next 10 years, with
GVA predicted to increase by 2.2% p.a. over the same period. International
exports are relatively low compared with the rest of the UK, but
growing.
84% of businesses in Somerset employ fewer than 10 people. This
is the same for the South West as a whole but higher than the
national figure of 83%.
The county boasts quite a large cultural and heritage sector,
which in turn promotes tourism on a national and international
level. There are 11,500 buildings listed as special architectural
or historic interest; 523 scheduled ancient monuments; 192 conservation
areas; 41 parks and gardens; 36 English Heritage sites, and 19
National Trust sites. The total spend of staying and day visitors
in Somerset is estimated to have been approximately £900
million.
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Connecting Somerset provides
a range of business services.
Our objective is to help businesses move up the
e-adoption ladder, so whether you're just starting a business
or have an existing one Connecting Somerset provides a range
of services, projects, and initiatives to assist all in
matters of the web and IT.
Our primary service was business advice and this was offered
as a free service. Our core areas of advice is broadband,
Internet, websites, ecommerce, IT, and e-business. But as
we work in close partnership with Business Link Somerset
you are encouraged to contact Business Link by calling 0845 6009966. Discover more about our business services...
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In recent years the health and social care sector
has seen important employment growth and land-based
industries, such as farming, still has a relatively
large workforce compared to other UK standards.
The engineering sector contains a significant number
of high-technology businesses and many of these
specialise in aerospace and defence engineering.