july - december 2009

July - December 2009

Biannual Economic and Capacity Survey

CESA Biannual Economic and Capacity Survey January – June 2009

Firm distribution based on Annual Turnoverbased on responses received: July - December 2009

Category by gross annual income

% of firms

0 – R1,5m 38%R1,5m – R11,5m 43%> R11,5m 19%Total 100.0%

0-1.538.0%

1.5-11.543.0%

>11.519.0%

Firm distribution based on turnover


Economic Impact

Relationship to Gross Fixed Capital Formation

Consulting Engineering IndustryFee income, Rm Constant 2000 prices (CPI Deflated) Annualised

Jun-96 Jun-97 Jun-98 Jun-99 Jun-00 Jun-01 Jun-02 Jun-03 Jun-04 Jun-05 Jun-06 Jun-07 Jun-08 Jun-090

2,000

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% 13% 12% 8% -20% -18% -11% -8% 6% 14% 5% 5% 5% -8% -8% 2% 8% 8% 17% 51% 38% 14% 20% 40% 43% 2.10% -16.90

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Consulting Engineering IndustryReal Fee income (CPI deflated), 2000 prices: Annual Change

-60%

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-20%

0%

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60%

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% R

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% Chg Index

CESA Confidence Index

Industry Confidence

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Confidence Fee income Constant prices

Consulting Engineering IndustryReal Fee income (CPI deflated) vs confidence

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200030004000500060007000800090001000011000120001300014000150001600017000180001900020000

Fee

inco

me,

R m

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urre

nt p

rices

Confidence Fee income Current prices

Consulting Engineering IndustryNominal Fee income vs confidence


-5%

0%

5%

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20%

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98

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99

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07

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09

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-09

CESA Labour Cost Indicator: Y-Y Change

8 500

9 500

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11 500

12 500

13 500

14 500

15 500

16 500

17 500

18 500

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20 500D

ec-9

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7 000

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9 000

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11 000

Fee

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Employment Revised Income: CPI 2000 prices Income : CESA LCI 2005 prices

Consulting Engineering IndustryEmployment vs REAL fee income (CPI / LCI Deflated)

9 500

10 500

11 500

12 500

13 500

14 500

15 500

16 500

17 500

18 500

19 500

20 500

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-97

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Em

ploy

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03006009001 2001 5001 8002 1002 4002 7003 0003 3003 6003 9004 2004 5004 8005 1005 400

Sala

ry/W

ages

(R m

ill, 2

000

pric

es)

Employment Salary/Wage bill (Constant)

Consulting Engineering IndustryEmployment vs Salary / Wage bill


Discounting

0.0%2.0%

4.0%6.0%

8.0%10.0%

12.0%14.0%

16.0%18.0%

20.0%

%

% 15.10% 16.62% 15.30% 15.30% 18.20% 16.40%JUN07 DEC07 JUN08 DEC08 JUN09 DEC09

Question: What is the prevailing discount being offered in a tendering situation to clients by your firm, benchmarked against the ECSA Guideline Fee Scales?

43% of firmsdiscounted by 20% or more


Fee income earned by Sub-disciplines: % ShareDecember 2009

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Agricultural

Architecture

Mechanical building Services

Civil

Electrical / Electronic

Environmental

Facilities

Geotechnical

Industrial Process / Chemical

GIS

Hydraulics

Information Systems / Technology

Marine

Mechanical

Mining

Project Management

Quantity Surveying

Structural

Tow n planning

Question: What type of work did your company engage in during the past 6 months?


Fee income earned by Sub-disciplines: % ShareDecember 2008 to December 2009

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Civil

Mining

Project Management

Structural

Dec-08 Jun-09 Dec-09

Question: What type of work did your company engage in during the past 6 months? 80% of fees are earned in four

disciplines namely civil, project management,

structural and mining


Fee income earned by Sub-disciplines: % ShareChange in the last 12 months

-3% -2% -1% 0% 1% 2% 3%

AgriculturalArchitecture

Mechanical building ServicesCivil

Electrical / ElectronicEnvironmental

FacilitiesGeotechnical

Industrial Process / ChemicalGIS

HydraulicsInformation Systems / Technology

MarineMechanical

MiningProject ManagementQuantity Surveying

StructuralTow n planning

Question: What type of work did your company engage in during the past 6 months?

0

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Oth

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l, R

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0 pr

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Structural Proj Mang Mining Civil

Fee income earned by Top four disciplines: R mill 2000 pricesAnnual average: 2000 – 2009 (annualised)

Civil

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

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Fee income earned by economic sectorPercentage market share June 2008 – December 2009

Section A General Questions: Question: Income distribution per economic sector

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mill

200

0 pr

ices

Water (Full water cycle) Transportation (land, air, road, rail, ports)Energy (electricity, gas, hydro) Mining / QuarryingTourism / Leisure Housing (residential inc. land)Commercial

Fee income earned by key economic sectorsDecember 2005 – December 2009

Section A General Questions: Question: Income distribution per economic sector


0

5

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25

30

35

% S

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)

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-8

-6

-4

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0

2

4

6

% Share Change last 12 months

% Share 10.4 17 0.8 3 2.3 3.2 30 2.9 17.3 10.7 2.4

Change last 12 months 5.1 4.1 -0.2 0.6 -1.2 0.4 -8.9 -0.4 5 -1.8 -2.8

E-Cape W-Cape N-Cape F State N-W Lim Gaut Mpu Kwaz Africa Int'l

Provincial Market Share: December 2009Vs change in market share from December 2008

GAI

N

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shar

e

Section A: General Questions: Question 10Income distribution per province


0

5

10

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20

25

30

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40

% S

hare

20052006200720082009

2005 9.56 16.4 2.1 4.1 3.5 3.3 35 4.4 14.3 6.1 1.3

2006 9.8 19.5 2.2 4 4 3.2 32.7 3 12.7 7.5 1.5

2007 9.6 18 1.4 4.5 6 3 34.5 3.5 12.5 5.8 1.2

2008 7.1 13.1 1.5 3.3 3.2 2.9 35.9 3.3 13.1 11.6 5.4

2009 9.1 13.2 1.2 2.6 2.1 3.2 37.6 2.8 18.8 7.3 2.3

E-Cape W-Cape N-Cape F State N-W Lim Gaut Mpu Kwaz Africa Int'l

Provincial Market Share2005 – 2009 (Annual Avg)


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E-CAPE W-CAPE GAUT KWA-NAT

E-CAPE 277 252 266 243 176 192 278 289 288 353 344 388 450 400 395 465 588 655 667 750 694 654 828

W-CAPE 507 552 525 482 355 335 481 538 527 518 560 478 438 572 681 1058 1164 1077 1253 1285 1 303 1 127 1191

GAUT 1 502 1 350 1 257 1 195 1 343 1 483 1 383 1 380 1 343 1 120 947 1 122 1 253 1 239 1 452 1769 1954 2113 2408 2813 3 582 4 212 3485

KWA-NAT 591 453 427 409 362 336 375 393 387 379 473 436 420 535 591 688 756 839 871 1066 1 300 1 620 1728

Dec-98 Jun-99 Dec-99 Jun-00 Dec'00 Jun'01 Dec'01 Jun'02 Dec'02 Jun'03 Dec'03 Jun'04 Dec'04 Jun'05 'Dec'05 'Jun'06 'Dec'06 Jun'07 Dec'07 Jun'08 Dec'08 Jun'09 Dec'09

Fee income earned by province(High Capacity economies) – Annualised smoothed

Gauteng


0

50

100

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250

300

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Inde

x De

c'98

=100

High capacity Low capacity

Fee income earned (Constant 2000 prices)High Capacity vs lower capacity provincial economies (Smoothed)


68.00%

70.00%

72.00%

74.00%

76.00%

78.00%

80.00%

82.00%

84.00%

86.00%

88.00%

Perc

enta

ge

% 79.65% 79.73% 81.59% 81.47% 76.04% 75.53% 80.12% 80.68% 80.70% 80.63% 80.07% 79.14% 78.25% 79.42% 81.27% 82.57% 82.07% 81.64% 80% 80.23% 83.25% 86.05% 86.95%

Dec-98 Jun-99 Dec-99 Jun-00 Dec'00 Jun'01 Dec'01 Jun'02 Dec'02 Jun'03 Dec'03 Jun'04 Dec'04 Jun'05 'Dec'05 'Jun'06 'Dec'06 Jun'07 Dec'07 Jun'08 Dec'08 Jun'09 Dec'09

Fee income earned (Constant 2000 prices)% of RSA Earnings : High Capacity provincial economies

(Smoothed)


Fee income earned : RSA vs EX-RSAR mill, 2000 prices (Annualised, smoothed)


Dec-98Jun

-99Dec-

99Jun

-00Dec-

00Jun

-01Dec-

01Jun

-02Dec-

02Jun

-03Dec-

03Jun

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04Jun

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07Jun

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08Jun

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090

200400600800

1,0001,2001,4001,6001,800

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,00010,000

Ex-RSA - left axis RSA - right axis


0

10

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60

% S

hare

Jun-07Dec-07Jun-08Dec-08Jun-09Dec-09

Jun-07 8.9 12.7 28.8 11.4 38.2

Dec-07 9.1 9.6 25.9 10.7 44.6

Jun-08 9.7 15.8 21 12.8 40.7

Dec-08 7 17.7 27.9 10.4 37

Jun-09 6.4 10.7 23 9.8 50.2

Dec-09 15.7 9.9 27.4 12.8 34.2

Central Provincial Local Parastatals Private

Fee income earned by type of client% Share

Section A: General Questions: Question 11Local (SA) Income distribution per fee paying client type, during the past 6 months


0

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01

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02

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02

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03

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04

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05

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06

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09

R m

ill, C

onst

ant 2

000

pric

es

CentralProvincialLocalParastatalsPrivate

Fee income earned by type of clientR mill 2000 prices

(Annualised, smoothed - avg over 2 survey periods)



0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

7 000

Rm

, 200

0 pr

ices

PublicPrivate

Public 2 590 2 254 1 991 1 857 1 775 1 962 2 013 2 108 2 353 2 219 1 996 2 180 2 389 2 417 2 705 3 200 3 470 4 187 3979 5633 6556 4840 5694

Private 1 371 1 324 1 394 1 379 1 553 1 595 1 627 1 634 1 471 1 440 1 513 1 366 1 290 1 407 1 437 1 941 2 498 2 587 3204 3866 3851 4870 2959

DEC98

JUN99

DEC99

JUN00

DEC00

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JUN02

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DEC05

JUN06

DEC06

JUN07

DEC07

JUN08

DEC08

JUN09

DEC09

Fee income earned by type of clientConstant 2000 prices

(Annualised, smoothed - avg over 2 survey periods)



Competition in tendering

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

% R

espo

nden

ts

Jun-07 0.00% 2.42% 22.11% 56.29% 19.18%

Dec-07 0.00% 3.01% 17.55% 55.57% 23.86%

Jun-08 0.00% 1.40% 20.80% 48.70% 29.10%

Dec-08 0.00% 0.00% 21.42% 42.28% 36.29%

Jun-09 0.22% 0.51% 62.73% 28.36% 8.18%

Dec-09 0.00% 0.10% 21.80% 33.50% 44.70%

Very Low Low Keen Very Keen Fierce

Section B: Business Cycle Indicators - Question 16During Jul – Dec 2009 wor work was (Tick selection)


Competition in tendering

80%

82%

84%

86%

88%

90%

92%

94%

96%

98%

100%

% R

espo

nden

ts, c

ompe

titio

n k

een

to fi

erce

% 99.9% 99.9% 97.5% 98.9% 98.0% 99.3% 99.0% 98.2% 99.1% 97.8% 98.7% 97.1% 99.5% 99.1% 97.6% 96.9% 98.6% 100% 99.30%99.90%

Jun-00

Dec-00

Jun-01

Dec-01

Jun-02

Dec-02

Jun-03

Dec-03

Jun-04

Dec-04

Jun-05

Dec-05

Jun-06

Dec-06

Jun-07

Dec-07

Jun-08

Dec-08

Jun-09

Dec-09

Section B: Business Cycle Indicators - Question 16During Jul – Dec 2009 competition for work was (Tick selection)


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Eng O Tech Technologist Technicians Support staff

Jun'06 Dec'06 Jun'07 Dec'07 Jun'08 Dec'08 Jun'09 Dec'09

% of Firms wanting to increase staff

New June 2005 survey


Engineering Skills Shortfall

-100

102030405060708090

100

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% o

f res

pond

ents

% Wanting to increase engineers Difficulties

Fewer firms want to increase engineers

% Experiencing difficulties


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% R

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Jun'08 Dec'08 Jun'09 Dec'09

Recruitment problems


Bursaries% of Salary / Wage bill

0.00%

0.20%

0.40%

0.60%

0.80%

1.00%

1.20%

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96

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98

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esBursaries

R mill 2000 prices (Annualised)


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Training (Salaries and Direct Training Costs) % of Payroll

Dat

a no

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Large % of respondents did not complete information on salaries in December 2009 survey

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Training (Salaries and Direct Training Costs) Rand millions, Constant 2000 prices

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a no

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Large % of respondents did not complete information on salaries in December 2008 survey

Dat

a no

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ilabl

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0.00%

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1.50%

2.00%

2.50%

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%Training (Direct costs only)

% of Payroll


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pric

esTraining (Direct costs)Rand millions, Constant 2000 prices


0

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100000

150000

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25000020

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2004

2005

2006

2007

Student enrolments in public higher education institutionsScience, Engineering & Technology

Increased by 39% between 2005 and 2007

214 341

Source: Department of Education


0.00

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Total fee income outstanding for longer than 90 days% of total fee income earned

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Dec-

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% 8.7 6.9 5.8 5.3 5.7 9.2 5.9 1.4 3.4 4.6 6.6 11.6 7.13 5.6 5.3 5.4

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Based on headline consumer inflation (CPI)Forecasts Industry Insight Economist Poll

Source: ABSA

CPI Basket Revised in January 2009


Consulting Engineering ProfessionLabour unit cost indicator: Year-on-Year % Change (Smoothed)

-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

LUC 15.2% 11.4% 22.5% 21.8% 9.2% -1.9% 3.7% 15.0% 8.0% 2.88% 4.30% 14.30% 22% 11.30% 5.30% 7.20% 9.50% 10.60% 9.10% 10.20% 17.80%25.50%20.60%10.70%

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Dec-05

J un-06

Dec-06

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Dec-07

J un-08

Dec-08

J un-09

Dec-09


Consulting Engineering ProfessionLabour unit cost indicator: Annual Average Y-Y Chg

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

LUC 22.2% 3.7% 9.4% 5.4% 9.3% 16.3% 6.30% 10% 9.65% 21.67% 15.64%

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009


Typical Employment BreakdownJuly – December 2009

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Professional Engineer Pr.Eng

Professional Architects

Professional Quantity Surveyors

Professional Other

Technologists Pr TEchENg

Technicians PrTechni

Unregistered technical staff: Engineer

Unregistered technical staff: Technologist

Unregistered technical staff: Technician

Unregistered technical staff: Other

Technical Assistants

Draughtspersons

Laboratory / Survey Assistants

Administration / Support staff

Total

Black Coloured Asian White

Typical Employment profile: July - December 2009

Total employment 19 596


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

'Dec-03

Dec-04

Jun-05

Dec-05

Jun-06

Dec-06

Dec-07

Jun-08

Dec-08

Jun-09

Dec-09

Black Coloured Asian White

Overall Employment Breakdown, by raceDecember 2003 – December 2009


10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Dec

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Dec

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Dec

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Dec

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Jun-

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Dec

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Jun-

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Dec

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Jun-

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Dec

-09

%Employment profile: Black only (excluding Asian / Colourds)

representation of total employment % Share of total employment


Professional Indemnity InsuranceRisk profile

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

%

Dec-07 65.2% 30.3% 4.6%Jun-08 58.7% 39.7% 1.6%Dec-08 65.8% 34.2% 0.0%Jun-09 71.4% 28.6% 0.0%Dec-09 75.0% 17.5% 7.5%

Low Medium High

In terms of firm’s perceptions of risk, close over 70% of respondents said that their firm had a low risk exposure, compared to almost 30% saying it was regarded as medium.


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DEC

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%

Pty Ltd CC Partnership

Equity Distribution by firm type


0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

JUN

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DEC

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JUN

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DEC

07

JUN

08

DEC

08

JUN

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DEC

09

Ownership / Equity: % Share of total employmentPTY, CC & Partnerships


0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

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Black equity as % of total equity

Black Ownership / Equity: % Share of total ownership / equityPTY, CC & Partnerships

Black, including Asian & Coloured

- Women represented 6% of total ownership / equity compared to 4,3% in the December 2007 survey

- Black women represented 3,5% of total ownership / equity compared to 2,8% in the December 2007 survey


0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 100.0%

Pty_exec

Pty_nonexec

Member of CC

Partner

%

Jun-07 Dec-07 Jun-08 Dec-08 Jun-09 Dec-09

Dec-09 19.6% 88.9% 51.8% 0.0%Jun-09 14.2% 70.0% 20.0% 0.0%Dec-08 13.5% 81.5% 36.8% 0.0%Jun-08 18.5% 72.0% 41.2% 0.0%Dec-07 16.9% 55.0% 24.1% 0.0%Jun-07 21.9% 58.5% 32.5% 7.7%

Pty_exec Pty_nonexec Member of CC Partner

Black ownership / equity as % of total ownership / equity by type of company

June 2007 – December 2009

Black includes Asian and Coloureds


0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

120.0%

%

Jun-08 100.0% 72.7% 94.4% 75.0% 84.0%Dec-08 100.0% 93.0% 100.0% 75.0% 84.0%Jun-09 100.0% 93.3% 100.0% 75.0% 93.0%Dec-09 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Large Medium Small Micro Total

Quality Management System


0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%70.0%80.0%90.0%

100.0%

%

Jun-08 81.8% 36.0% 11.0% 0.0% 30.1%Dec-08 87.5% 46.7% 20.0% 0.0% 42.0%Jun-09 90.0% 20.0% 20.0% 12.5% 34.8%Dec-09 90.9% 42.1% 14.3% 16.7% 45.2%

Large Medium Small Micro Total

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