Q4 Full Report - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of ...

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DerbyshireDerbyshire businesses’ confidence in future profitability levels has reduced fromthe positive September Quarter.On the positive side businesses are increasing investment plans for bothmachinery and training.Expectations for the next quarterAll Derbyshire Businesses-20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15Net % balance changeExpectations for pricesConfidence in profitabilityConfidence in turnoverInvestment in trainingInvestment in machineryEmployment levelsExport OrdersUK OrdersNottinghamshireAll the variables for Nottinghamshire businesses improved with net balanceimprovement of 13% for confidence in both profitability and turnover which are attheir highest levels since March 2008. This may be partially affected by the delayin implementation of the Workplace Parking Levy in Nottingham.There are also significant improvements in UK orders.Expectations for the next quarterAll Nottinghamshire Businesses-5 0 5 10 15Net % balance changeExpectations for pricesConfidence in profitabilityConfidence in turnoverInvestment in trainingInvestment in machineryEmployment LevelsExport OrdersUK Orders16
UK OrdersThere is further improvement in orders for those businesses selling in the UKmarket which all came from the service sector. Overall there are still morebusinesses reporting worsening rather than improving orders but the net balancesare at their highest levels since June 2008.UK Orders By Sector4020Net %0-20-40Dec 2007Mar 2008June 2008Sept 2008Dec 2008Mar 2009June 2009Sept 2009Dec 2009-60Manufacturing Services CompositeSignificant improvements in net balances for UK orders are reported byNottinghamshire businesses and were now the same as their counterparts inDerbyshire.50UK OrdersAll Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Businesses30Net %10-10-30Dec 2007Mar 2008June 2008Sept 2008Dec 2008Mar 2009June 2009Sept 2009Dec 2009-50DNCC Nottinghamshire Derbyshire17
Page 1 and 2: QuarterlyEconomic SurveyDECEMBER 20
Page 3 and 4: 1. IntroductionDerbyshire and Notti
Page 5 and 6: 3. Performance in the last three mo
Page 7 and 8: Fewer service sector businesses att
Page 9 and 10: 4. Trends AnalysisUK SalesSales in
Page 11 and 12: Employment LevelsOverall, employmen
Page 13 and 14: 80RecruitmentAll Nottinghamshire Bu
Page 15: 5. Expectations for the next quarte
Page 19 and 20: Labour ForceNet balances for employ
Page 21 and 22: Investment IntentionsIn both sector
Page 23 and 24: ConfidenceConfidence levels for tur
Page 25 and 26: 6 Skills, Education and Business En
Page 27 and 28: 7 Proposed use of business rate sup

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