High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Employment by Size of Business
The chart below shows that micro and other small businesses account for over half of those employed in remote rural areas and 41% in accessible rural areas. Micro businesses (0-9 employees) are particularly significant in remote rural areas employing a third of all those employed in rural areas.
Large businesses account for 40% of those employed in the rest of Scotland but only 14% in remote rural areas.
Source: Scottish Government, ONS (IDBR), 2007 and based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2007-2008.
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