dataset is taken to represent an opening in the first year that employment is recorded, whilst an LU without employment in a subsequent dataset after at least one year when employment was recorded is taken to represent a closure. We are also working in the first instance over the period as a whole. For example, we identify all new openings since 2001 that survived to 2007 and record their contribution to total employment at the end of the period. In so doing we ignore for the moment all new openings in the period that subsequently did not survive to be included in the 2007 CoE. The employment size of new openings is defined as their starting size and they are assigned to a category on this basis. 4.3.2 Descriptive Statistics In the private sector as a whole there were 1,250 significantly assisted plants in 2001, rising to 1,258 in 2007; around four-fifths were locally owned plants. Overall three-quarters of the assisted had employment of less than 50. In comparison, there were 37,191 non-assisted plants in 2001, and 46,817 in 2007; almost all of these plants (98 per cent) had employment under 50. Of the assisted plants just over three-quarters of the stock in 2001 survived to 2007 whilst openings and closures numbered around 270 each, (around 20 per cent of the base year stock). Just 60 per cent of the non-assisted plants survived to 2007; however there were more new openings than survivors over the period for this group (25,000 versus 22,000 survivors). The number of significantly assisted plants in manufacturing fell from 704 in 2001 to 694 in 2007; four fifths were locally owned. Almost 83 per cent of the original plants survived and, once again, there were a similar number of births and deaths (around 120 each). Manufacturing plants were larger than the private sector as a whole, with around one third having employment greater than 50 (almost three quarters of the externally owned assisted plants had employment larger than 50).
dataset is taken to represent an opening in the first year that employment is recorded, whilst an LU without employment in a subsequent dataset after at least one year when employment was recorded is taken to represent a closure. We are also working in the first instance over the period as a whole. For example, we identify all new openings since 2001 that survived to 2007 and record their contribution to total employment at the end of the period. In so doing we ignore for the moment all new openings in the period that subsequently did not survive to be included in the 2007 CoE. The employment size of new openings is defined as their starting size and they are assigned to a category on this basis. 4.3.2 Descriptive Statistics In the private sector as a whole there were 1,250 significantly assisted plants in 2001, rising to 1,258 in 2007; around four-fifths were locally owned plants. Overall three-quarters of the assisted had employment of less than 50. In comparison, there were 37,191 non-assisted plants in 2001, and 46,817 in 2007; almost all of these plants (98 per cent) had employment under 50. Of the assisted plants just over three-quarters of the stock in 2001 survived to 2007 whilst openings and closures numbered around 270 each, (around 20 per cent of the base year stock). Just 60 per cent of the non-assisted plants survived to 2007; however there were more new openings than survivors over the period for this group (25,000 versus 22,000 survivors). The number of significantly assisted plants in manufacturing fell from 704 in 2001 to 694 in 2007; four fifths were locally owned. Almost 83 per cent of the original plants survived and, once again, there were a similar number of births and deaths (around 120 each). Manufacturing plants were larger than the private sector as a whole, with around one third having employment greater than 50 (almost three quarters of the externally owned assisted plants had employment larger than 50).