The Top 6000 Companies in South West England: Companies with assets exceeding £3500000 (Business and Finance)

This study looks at all companies registered in South West England and where their total assets are more than £3500000.South West England is the largest region by area (9000 square miles) with a population of 5 million in 2016.The region comprises the counties of Gloucestershire Wiltshire Somerset Dorset Devon and Cornwall; The largest city is Bristol; other cities are Salisbury Bath Wells Gloucester Exeter Plymouth and Truro.The most economically productive areas within the region are Bristol the M4 corridor and south east Dorset which are the areas with the best links to London. Bristol alone accounts for a quarter of the regions economy with the surrounding areas of Gloucestershire Somerset and Wiltshire accounting for a further quarter.The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the key movers and shakers in South West Englands corporate sector.Only key data has been isolated particularly the companys net worth and total assets but also its full name date incorporated registered office activities shareholders directors (with date of birth occupation and nationality) and number of employees.Two indicators of size are used: net worth and total assets. These are preferable to turnover which is influenced by profit margins and whether the companies are capital or labour intensive.A short summary of the corporate sector in South West England: Total output (GVA) in 2016 was £127 billion (UK being £1748 billion). Total output (GVA) per head in 2016 was £23091 (UK being £26621). Economic Growth (GVA) 2010-2016 was 1.8% (UK being 1.9%).Employment January-March 2018 in manufacturing as percentage of total jobs was 8.4% (UK 7.7%) and in the public sector as percentage of total employment was 15.5% (UK 16.6%).For the labour market May-July 2018 the employment level was 2789000 (UK 323970000) and the employment rate was 79.2% (UK 75.5%). The unemployment level was 74000 (UK 1361000) with an unemployment rate of 2.6% (UK 4%).In 2018 there were 546000 businesses (up 3%) (5668000 total businesses in the UK); and there were 126000 employers (1360000 total employers in the UK).In 2017 there were 25235 new businesses established (up 11%) and 30040 businesses ceased trading (up 13%).In 2017 there wre 253000 manufacturing jobs (9% of all jobs) and there were 12180 manufacturing businesses.The regions largest manufacturing sectors are transport food and drink and metals.The number of VAT and/or PAYE based businesses in the region were in 2016: 227000 (8.9% of UK); 2017: 234000 (8.8%) and 2018: 232000 (8.7%).In 2017 the South West accounted for 7.2% of the UKs manufactured exports.