Impact of the Economic Downturn on Southampton Monthly Indicators SP Delivery Board 4 th February 2010

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1 Impact of the Economic Downturn on Southampton Monthly Indicators SP 4 th Activity Indicator October Commercial Factories/Warehouses Property Vacancies : 41 in Southampton Offices: 84 (units) Southampton Shops : 43 City 2. Business Link Hot Topics raised by customers Business Link Legal Status of a business How to write a business plan How to compile a cash flow statement Website development Running a business from home Factories/Warehouses: 85 Offices: 185 Shops: 137 Working Hours reductions Cash Flow - late payments and potential bad debts Job Centreplus - Self- Employed Credit scheme at JCP Funding - start up funding available in Hampshire Bank's - lack of support available Factories/Warehouses: 90 Offices: 189 Shops: 113 Raising Finance Insolvency Late Payments New Start Up's Sales & Marketing Factories/Warehouses: 92 Offices: 195 Shops: 122 Funding - new start up businesses seeking start up funding / grants. New Start Up's - large number of requests from JCP for new potential start up businesses. Factories/Warehouses: 92 Offices: 189 Shops: 118 Loans / Finance - ways to re-finance existing exposure to improve cash flow/debt service. Redundancy - businesses looking to cut head count and discuss alternatives to redundancy. Business Cash Flow - working capital difficulties and looking to control cash better. Sales & Marketing - Customers struggling with cashflow have called to discuss alternative marketing strategies to increase sales and turnover. Late Payments - How to manage late payment from Debtors and how to implement Late Payment Legislation New Start Up's businesses - calls from potential customers on job seekers allowance, looking to start up in business. This combines with a general increase in assistance to start ups at the moment. Cash Flow - customers with problems controlling their cash flow and collecting in debtors. Late Payments - How to manage late payments from Debtors and how to implement Late Payment Legislation. _ 1

2 3. Numbers claiming Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) 3,320 7,590 (As at 14 th October 09 released 15 th Oct 09) 7,590 (As at 11 th Nov 09 released 26 th Nov 09) 7,760 (As at 16 th Dec 09 released 17 th Dec 09) 7,655 (As at 20 th Jan 10 released 2 nd Feb 10) 4. JSA on flows (i.e. new claims) by subset, i.e. previous employment sector of claimant 810 Plant & Storage: 180 Sales: 125 Admin & Service: 85 Admin: 80 Construction/bldg: 55 1,490 Sales: 375 Plant and Storage: 200 Administrative Occupations: 120 Service Occupations:110 Skilled Metal and Electronic Trades: 90 1,090 Plant and Storage: 260 Sales Occupations: 130 Administrative: 95 Skilled Metal and Electronic: 75 Building: 75 1,825 Sales Occupations: 455 Trades, Plant and Storage Related Occupations: 265 Service Occupations: 160 Administrative: 155 Building: 125 Transport and Mobile Machine Drivers and Operatives:125 1,350 Sales Occupations: 355 Trades, Plant & Storage Related: 205 Elementary Administration and Service: 110 Building: 105 Administrative: JSA off flows (i.e. those leaving the register) by sub-set, i.e. the employment sector the claimant is moving into 820 Plant & Storage: 180 Sales: 130 Administrative: 90 Admin & Service: 90 Construction/building: 45 1,740 Sales: 340 Plant and Storage: 275 Administrative Occupations: 170 Administration & Service Occupations: 125 Skilled Metal & Electronic Trades:120 Skilled Construction & Building Trades: Plant and Storage: 215 Sales Occupations: 130 Administrative: 125 Service: 95 Building: 60 1,645 Sales Occupations: 360 Plant and Storage Related: 245 Service Occupations: 150 Administrative: 140 Building:110 Transport and Mobile Machine Drivers and Operatives: 110 1,070 Plant and Storage Related: 240 Sales Occupations: 145 Service: 115 Administrative: 95 Building:70 6. Vacancies notified 2,906 1,859 (Released 15 th Oct 09) 2,426 (Released 26 th Nov 09) 1,867 (Released 17 th Dec 09) 1,472 (Released 28 th Jan 10) 2

3 7. Monthly no. of domestic burglaries Monthly no. of vehicle thefts Crime 9. Monthly no. of non dwelling burglaries Monthly no. of Robberies Monthly number of new enquiries received by Citizens Advice Bureau Citizens Advice Bureau Data unavailable due to different methods of recording 1,748 (Data was not available for November DB) 1,608 Other, Debt Housing, Legal, Data unable to be provided this month. Legal Housing Other Debt Benefits 1,419 Debt Advice (As at 3 rd Feb 2010 figures refer to ) 12. Monthly no. of referrals to SCC Welfare Rights Unit 42 new referrals 10 one-off enquiries 56 new referrals 124 live cases 46 one-off enquiries (As at 2 nd ) 29 new referrals 127 live cases 59 one-off enquiries (As at 2 nd ) 24 new referrals 112 live cases 33 one-off enquiries (As at 4th ) 37 new referrals 121 live cases 37 one-off enquiries (As at 1st ) 3

4 Housing & Homes 13. Average house prices 14. Number of households presenting as homeless to SCC (quarterly) 162, ,786 07/08 Qtr 2: 196 preventions 78 homeless Total: 274 (For month of Sept 09) 142,049 (For month of Oct 09) 142,577 (For month of Nov 09) 144,047 (For month of Dec 09) 09/10 Qtr 3: 262 preventions 75 presented homeless (62 accepted homeless) Total: /10 Qtr 2 for comparison: 223 preventions 42 homeless 15. Number of individuals sleeping rough or at imminent risk of sleeping rough Southampton Voluntary Services stated they were 38 Imminently at risk of stated they were 39 Imminently at risk of stated they were 25 Imminently at risk of Total: stated they were rough sleepers 36 Imminently at risk of Housing & Homes 16. Monthly number of housing benefit claimants 17. Monthly number of housing completions 18. Mortgage repossessions at Southampton County Court (As at 2 nd Nov 2009) 22,681 25, Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Total (As at 2 nd Nov 2009) 16 (As at 3 rd Nov 2009) December DB meeting 25, Qtr (Aug Oct 2009 Ministry of Justice time periods, as released on 12 th ) (As at 5 th Jan 2010) 26,134 (As at 15 th Dec 2009) 17 Qtr 4 to be reported to March DB meeting (As at 3 rd Feb 2010) 26,271 (As at 2 nd Feb 2010) 1 (As at 29 th Jan 2010)) Qtr 4 to be reported to March DB meeting 4

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