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CORGI registrations

Filed: 09.01.2005

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For the benefit of lay folk, CORGI are charged with a duty (by the HSE) to maintain a Register of Businesses, not individuals. They therefore supply annual statistics on the number of Registered Businesses.

As the law requires everyone working on gas to be competent, CORGI also need to know who is working on gas, and what they are competent to do. That includes employees and sole proprietor businesses.

However, many employees of Registered Businesses are also Registered Businesses in their own name. That is so they can undertake work on their own behalf, when not working for an employer. Employees cannot legally work on their own behalf, unless they are personally registered as a business.

You can calculate figures and/or read our analysis below:

Year	Registered Businesses	Competent Operatives Total *	Actual operatives in real terms	Dual registrations [Calculated]	Sole Proprietors
2004	47843	103573	97027	6546	Not Known
2003	44120	97214	92936	4278	Not Known
2002	44692	95566	93780	1786	Not Known
2001	44230	98255	Not Stated	Not Known	Not Known
2000	43929	97000**	97000	Not Known	37000
* Some operatives are counted as employees AND are also registered in their own name
** Approximately (see 2000)
Shaded area information from Corgi Annual Reports
Shaded area information from Corgi Customer Services January 2005

The figures show a needed increase in the number of Registered Businesses (8.44%) over the previous year but 7.05% over two years. The total number of competent operatives has increased by 6.54% over the previous year but 8.38% over two years.

Actual operatives numbers have increased by only 4.4% from the previous year and 3.46% over two years. However, the number of dual registrations has increased by 53% over the year and 66.5% over two years.

An increase in Registered Businesses was to be expected given the hiccup of ACS transition last year but the trend on numbers of operatives (employees) is not as healthy as it needs to be.

The strongest gains are obviously in the numbers of dual registrations, with a year on year increase, which is healthy.

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