Across the UK and Republic of Ireland, it is against the law to carry a knife or an offensive weapon in a public place unless you have a good reason. If police think you are carrying an offensive weapon they can stop and search you. Exception.
The total today stands right around 5,000. About 5.7 million small businesses have employees, and private companies account for between 56% and 63% of Americaâs GDP. Small business employs about half the people in the workforce, and account for about 86% of companies with 500 or more employees, according to Forbes. Small business is big business.
1 Between December 1992 and December 1993, small-business-dominated industries (those in which at least 60 percent of the work force is employed in firms with fewer than 500 employees) increased employment by 13 million workers (3.2 percent). Small businesses are responsible for 52 percent of the all U.S. sales and contribute about 21 percent of all manufactured U.S. exports. 2  Small businesses contribute 44 percent of all sales in the country. 3  Small businesses employ 54.4 million people, about 57.3 percent of the private workforce.