31/10/2019 Understanding the Exmoor Economy Oliver Allies & Declan Turner [email protected] 24th October Project • Identify businesses on Exmoor o Collected data from Companies House and Experian o Supplemented with details obtained via online web scraping • Survey businesses on Exmoor o Light touch survey to be distributed online o Comprehensive follow-up telephone survey • Analyse results o How big are these businesses? o Why are they here? o Where do their staff live? o What challenges do they face? o What are the opportunities for businesses on Exmoor? 1 31/10/2019 Which businesses? • Previous results from national data show there are approximately 800 businesses on Exmoor • Our business identification work has found 1,050 operating businesses • 285 have identified sectors • Many are in agriculture (39%) and tourism (14%) • Other sectors also have a strong representation: o 14 % of firms are Professional Scientific & Technical Activities o 8% of firms are in Construction o 8% of firms are in IT • Part of our survey work will be to identify sectors for the remaining businesses Where are the businesses? Clusters around Lynton, Porlock, Minehead and Dulverton 2 31/10/2019 Survey http://bit.ly/ExmoorRESurvey • Need support from everyone here to push the survey across their networks through social media, email, word of mouth • Important information for the Rural Enterprise Exmoor and the partners o Without data to drive decisions appropriate support cannot be designed o Help shape future plans and direction for the National Park, Local Authorities and the LEP • The information is not looking to inform authorities’ databases, just for information only • Small businesses are who we are looking for o Bigger firms are generally already in the lists o Definition of business • Provides an income • Lifestyle business • Those working predominantly from home on Exmoor • If in doubt, take the survey! Workshop • Identify Challenges, Opportunities and Interventions for businesses on Exmoor • Write up post-its with points for each theme • Discussion of points • For Challenges and Opportunities determine whether the point is due to rurality or National Park designation • For Interventions identify the target audience, scope and feasibility • Results will help set the scene for the Rural Enterprise Exmoor group 3 31/10/2019 01545 571711 [email protected] wavehill.com Wales office West England office London office North England office 21 Alban Square 12 Orchard Street 52 Cecile Park Milburn House Aberaeron Bristol Crouch End Dean Street Ceredigion BS1 5EH London Newcastle SA46 0DB N8 9AS NE1 1LE 4.