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5. BANKRUPTCIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES - INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS
       
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED        
2005   2006    
INDUSTRY 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005   Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
SELF EMPLOYED
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE 157 183 173 183 132 151 204 195 39 37 58 37 34
MANUFACTURING
  Food, drink and tobacco 21 17 18 10 19 14 7 15 4 3 3 5 0
  Chemicals 7 4 2 2 6 2 6 2 0 1 0 1 0
  Metals and engineering 378 385 306 339 257 242 376 228 76 38 65 81 89
  Textiles and clothing 81 87 81 75 33 46 27 28 4 6 13 5 22
  Timber and furniture 96 94 90 88 59 82 65 82 23 24 21 17 7
  Paper, printing and publishing 101 112 80 75 70 58 63 67 15 9 16 18 40
  Other 110 111 84 79 111 100 90 140 42 38 30 47 41
  TOTAL 794 810 661 668 555 544 634 562 164 119 148 174 199
CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORT
  Construction 1,919 1,911 1,741 1,783 1,637 1,781 1,658 1,976 531 471 617 559 457
  Transport and communication 1,060 1,187 1,120 1,134 1,095 1,116 1,249 1,334 330 316 382 366 448
  TOTAL 2,979 3,098 2,861 2,917 2,732 2,897 2,907 3,310 861 787 999 925 905
WHOLESALING
  Food, drink and tobacco 53 45 49 40 48 33 28 29 15 10 10 9 8
  Motor vehicles 20 22 29 20 14 15 13 12 0 4 3 8 5
  Other 92 83 83 61 44 47 40 40 7 10 14 8 13
  TOTAL 165 150 161 121 106 95 81 81 22 24 27 25 26
RETAILING
  Food, drink and tobacco 514 438 424 347 311 251 280 256 58 66 70 59 69
  Motor vehicles and filling stations 238 241 237 199 138 128 136 121 35 31 36 29 18
  Other 971 1,032 801 792 680 609 621 772 233 204 243 195 176
  TOTAL 1,723 1,711 1,462 1,338 1,129 988 1,037 1,149 326 301 349 283 263
SERVICES
  Insurance 79 54 45 39 31 24 28 22 6 4 7 9 7
  Other financial & business services                      1,057 1,162 1,127 1,107 1,057 1,023 1,242 1,416 385 325 386 350 379
  Hotels and catering          1,309 1,376 1,263 1,187 1,041 1,038 951 1,125 278 374 308 270 232
  TOTAL 2,445 2,592 2,435 2,333 2,129 2,085 2,221 2,563 669 703 701 629 618
OTHER 2,157 2,179 2,199 2,279 2,071 2,379 2,480 2,979 769 737 868 825 945
TOTAL SELF EMPLOYED             10,420 10,723 9,952 9,839 8,854 9,139 9,564 10,839 2,850 2,708 3,150 2,898 2,990
OTHER INDIVIDUALS
  Employees 3,141 4,357 4,601 5,525 5,900 7,101 9,528 13,626 3,623 3,780 5,155 4,948 4,868
  No occupation and unemployed 3,384 4,457 4,856 5,848 6,965 8,978 12,643 17,105 4,532 4,588 6,035 6,102 5,949
  Directors & promoters of companies          272 330 296 328 323 420 458 503 97 156 117 82 64
  Occupation unknown 2,430 1,744 1,845 1,937 2,250 2,383 3,705 5,218 1,154 1,277 1,826 1,459 1,547
TOTAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS 9,227 10,888 11,598 13,638 15,438 18,882 26,334 36,452 9,406 9,801 13,133 12,591 12,428
TOTAL BANKRUPTCIES 19,647 21,611 21,550 23,477 24,292 28,021 35,898 47,291 12,256 12,509 16,283 15,489 15,418
                             

Last updated on 29 January, 2007

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