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figure 26 UK SME aerospace sales 1997 - 2006
- Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) saw their total sales increase by 20 per cent to £404m.
- Defence sales have remained consistent at £133 million per annum, while civil sales increased by 34.5 per cent to 271.7 million.
- An SME is defined as a company having less than 250 employees, less than £30m turnover and less than 25 per cent external ownership (in terms of voting rights). SBAC only uses the employment criterion here.
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figure 27 UK aerospace industry by company size 2006
- The UKAI is characterised by a significant proportion of SMEs, 45 per cent of all companies surveyed by the SBAC were SMEs. However, estimates suggest that there may be up to 2,500 aerospace SMEs in the UK, of which only a small percentage were picked up in this survey.
- SME's had 2 per cent of the total aerospace sales, while 82 per cent of the total UKAI sales went to 20 per cent of surveyed companies.
source: SBAC
figure 28 UK aerospace industry SME turnover by type and destination 2006
- In 2006 civil sales represented 67 per cent or 271 million of SME business, whilst defence sales were 133 million.
- Exports are still low, compared to the industry as a whole, with only 32 per cent compared to 63 per cent UK aerospace average.
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source: SBAC
figure 29 UK aerospace SME sales by destination
- 5.7 per cent of sales, or £23 m, was sold directly to the UK government, below the UKAI average of 18 per cent. This is in part reflecting the nature of SMEs products as suppliers of components rather than complete pieces of equipment.
- 68 per cent of sales were within the UK.
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source: SBAC