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16 Mayor of London 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
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 17 and wastes produced. There is often significant homogeneity of the wastes produced, with each sector producing one material of significant volume. 2.28 Another reason to group businesses by sector is to tackle specific areas of under-performance. London’s extraordinary social and cultural diversity, for example, is reflected in over 60 different cuisines provided in over 12,000 restaurants 26 . However, there is a higher level of inactivity in waste management by the hospitality sector, compared to those in the retail and business services sector 27 and targeted intervention is required. 2.29 Proposal 16 suggests that sector-specific action plans, which include tailored guidance and support for smaller businesses, are developed with London’s businesses to sit beneath this strategy. London Assembly research found that a ’sector focused approach could pay dividends by addressing waste streams of direct relevance, using their terminology‘ 29 . The production of action plans would be led and owned by key stakeholders from each sector. Criteria will need to be developed by which stakeholders can assess the principal environmental impacts of the sector and a material-led approach developed as appropriate. 2.30 At a strategic level, the development of a range of sector-specific action plans is required to generate understanding as to how issues around type, size and sector interact.
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