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Appendix 4 Business Economic Impacts

Business demographics

Table A4.1 Business type (category)

(%) Accommodation Food & Beverage Health Office Other Retail Trade
All (n=69) 10.1 7.2 4.3 17.4 14.5 29.0 17.4
Thames (n=45) 8.9 11.1 6.7 22.2 4.4 31.1 15.6
Coast (n=15) 13.3 - - 6.7 40.0 26.7 13.3
Other (n=9) 11.1 - - 11.1 22.2 22.2 33.3

Table A4.2 How long business has been trading (years)

(years) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 68 98.6 1 130 1496 22.0 27.1
Thames (n=45) 45 100.0 1 130 1019 22.6 28.5
Coast (n=15) 14 93.3 3 100 375 26.8 29.5
Other (n=9) 9 100.0 3 30 102 11.3 8.9

Table A4.3 Position in business

(%) Owner Proprie-tor Direc-tor Mana-ger Princi-pal Em-ployee Self Em-ployed Trus-tee Secre-tary Un-known
All (n=69) 44.9 5.8 18.9 14.5 1.4 4.3 5.8 1.4 1.4 1.4
Thames (n=45) 46.7 4.4 20.0 15.6 - 6.7 4.4 2.2 - -
Coast (n=15) 46.7 6.7 13.3 20.0 6.7 - - - 6.7 -
Other (n=9) 33.3 11.1 22.2 - - - 22.2 - - 11.1

Table A4.4 Full-time employees

(people) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 63 91.3 1 18 241 3.8 3.7
Thames (n=45) 40 88.9 1 17 157 3.9 3.7
Coast (n=15) 14 93.3 1 9 48 3.4 2.5
Other (n=9) 9 100

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18 36 4.0 5.5

Table A4.5 Part-time employees

(people) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 46 66.7 1 6 98 2.1 1.5
Thames (n=45) 30 66.7 1 6 63 2.1 1.5
Coast (n=15) 11 73.3 1 6 21 1.9 1.6
Other (n=9) 5 55.6 1 5 14 2.8 1.8

Table A4.6 Business's total 2002 turnover (before tax)

(%) <$50,000 $50,000 to $100,000 $100,001 to $250,000 $250,001 to $500,000 >$500,000
All (n=62) 14.5 16.1 21.0 12.9 35.5
Thames (n=45) 13.2 10.5 26.3 7.9 42.1
Coast (n=15) 6.7 26.7 20.0 20.0 26.7
Other (n=9) 33.3 22.2 - 22.2 22.2

Business impacts

Table A4.7 Insured stock losses

($) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 14 20.3 1,000 85,000 174,200 12,443 21,738
Thames (n=45) 7 15.6 1,500 10,000 42,000 6,000 3,500
Coast (n=15) 7 46.7 1,000 85,000 132,200 18,886 30,245
Other (n=9) 0            

Table A4.8 Uninsured stock losses

($) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 7 10.1 200 6,000 16,600 2,371 2,034
Thames (n=45) 4 8.9 400 4,000 8,400 2,100 1,474
Coast (n=15) 3 20 200 6,000 8,200 2,733 2,969
Other (n=) 0            

Table A4.9 Insured other losses

($) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 16 23.2 250 100,000 372,350 23,272 32,743
Thames (n=45) 8 17.8 700 100,000 280,700 35,088 41,161
Coast (n=15) 7 46.7 400 47,000 91,400 13,057 17,537
Other (n=9) 1 11.1 250 250 250 - -

Table A4.10 Uninsured other losses

($) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 13 18.8 150 50,000 112,070 8,621 13,479
Thames (n=45) 6 13.3 150 50,000 70,650 11,775 19,521
Coast (n=15) 6 40 300 10,420 41,220 6,870 5,015
Other (n=9) 1 11.1 200 200 200 - -

Table A4.11 Trading time lost (hours)

(hours) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 42 60.9 5 960 3372 80.3 221.1
Thames (n=45) 31 68.9 5 960 2774 89.5 249.7
Coast (n=15) 11 73.3 6 384 598 54.4 111.2
Other (n=9) 0            

Each 'day' converted to 8 hours

Table A4.12 Loss of revenue from trading time lost (dollars)

($) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 39 56.5 200 30,000 202,725 5,198 7,522
Thames (n=45) 29 64.4 200 30,000 149,525 5,156 8,045
Coast (n=15) 10 66.7 200 15,000 53,200 5,320 6,126
Other (n=9) 0            

Table A4.13 Value of any increased business (dollars)

($) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 15 21.7 150 100,000 261,850 17,456 27,722
Thames (n=45) 13 28.9 150 100,000 219,350 16,873 28,900
Coast (n=15) 2 13.3 2,500 40,000 42,500 21,250 26,517
Other (n=9) 0            

Table A4.14 Staff time spent getting business back to normal (hours)

(hours) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 33 47.8 2 2600 6434 195.0 470.1
Thames (n=45) 18 40.0 2 2600 4231 235.1 615.0
Coast (n=15) 13 86.7 6 720 2187 168.2 210.5
Other (n=9) 2 22.2 8 8 16 8.0 0.0

Each 'day' converted to 8 hours

Table A4.15 Time staff were unable to attend work (hours)

(hours) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 29 42.0 4 168 867.8 29.9 34.3
Thames (n=45) 24 53.3 4 168 667.9 27.8 34.9
Coast (n=15) 5 33.3 16 96 200 40.0 33.9
Other (n=9) 0            

Each 'day' converted to 8 hours

Table A4.16 Number of staff unable to attend work (people)

(hours) resp. % min max sum mean s.d.
All (n=69) 28 40.6 1 12 84 3.0 2.4
Thames (n=45) 23 51.1 1 7 64 2.8 1.7
Coast (n=15) 5 33.3 1 12 20 4.0 4.5
Other (n=9) 0            

Table A4.17 Amount spent by businesses which had undertaken these flood prevention measures before the weather bomb event

View amount spent by businesses which had undertaken these flood prevention measures before the weather bomb event (large table)

Table A4.18 Amount spent by businesses which undertook these flood prevention measures after the weather bomb event

View amount spent by businesses which undertook these flood prevention measures after the weather bomb event (large table)