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Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy
Most businesses in London are small employing less than 50 people.
■ Seventy-six per cent of businesses employ less than five people and
21.3 per cent of businesses employ between five and 49 people
■ Just 2.5 per cent of businesses employ more than 50 people (with
1.4 per cent employing between 50-99 employees and 1.1 per cent
employing over 100 employees.
However, bigger employers do account for the majority of jobs in London
■ Almost half (48.5 per cent) of business employment is in the 2.5
per cent of businesses employing more than 50 people and one
quarter of this is in organisations employing more than 1,000 people
■ Just 26 per cent of business employment is in businesses employing
ten people or less.
Source: London Annual Business Survey 2005, London Development Agency
2.25 The LDA’s London Annual Business Survey shows that a higher proportion
of black-led and Asian-led businesses are small, than white-led
businesses. Further, a higher proportion of white-led and Asian-led
businesses are medium and large than black-led businesses 23 . The survey
also shows that a far higher proportion of women-led businesses are small
and far fewer women-led businesses are medium or large, than male-led 24 .
Therefore advice and support to small businesses must also take account
of their ownership. Business liaison groups, representing black, Asian and
minority ethnic (BAME) owned businesses, are crucial in the consultation
and delivery of this strategy.
2.26 The geographic spread of businesses could have considerable impact
on the type of services required. For example, small businesses are likely
to be less attractive contracts to private waste management companies
and therefore will rely more heavily on local authority services. Central
London contains the most businesses (35 per cent of London’s
businesses) while south London and north London have the fewest
(15 per cent and 11 per cent respectively). Yet north London contains
the most small businesses 25 . If local authorities do not take control of
business waste, particularly in areas with large number of small
businesses, for example high streets and small retail areas comprising flats
above shops, an area may suffer from fly-tipping and litter problems.
Sector
2.27 Alongside developing targeted services and support according to
business size, consideration also needs to be given to the sector in which
a business operates because this dictates the types of products used