Scottish Statistics - QTAS

Presentation to the Scottish Supply Chain Forum23 November 2010

Scottish Statistics

SCOTTISH STATISTICS AVAILABLE

WEEKLY/MONTHLY

• Claimant count, unemployment rate, employment rate from ONS• Bulk diesel average price (excluding VAT) from EnergyQuote JHA• Weekly forecourt diesel price by county (including VAT) from ARVAL UK Limited

QUARTERLY

• Regional trade in goods from ONS• Quarterly Gross Domestic Product from the Scottish Government• Retail Sales Index from the Scottish Government• Index of manufactured exports from the Scottish Government

ANNUAL

• Transport Trends from the Scottish Government• Regional Gross Value Added from ONS• Scottish Transport Statistics from the Scottish Government• Maritime Statistics from ONS

Scottish Statistics

SAMPLE STATISTICS

FORECOURT FUEL PRICES (INCL. VAT)Scotland UK

Week 45 – Week ending 12 November 2010 125.57 ppl 122.94 ppl

BULK DIESEL (EXCL. VAT)Scotland UK

Average price October 2010 99.41ppl 99.51 ppl

LABOUR MARKETScotland UK

Claimant count rate Oct 2010 4.9% 4.5%Unemployment rate 3 months to Sept 2010 8.5% 7.7%Employment rate 3 months to Sept 2010 70.7%

70.8%

Scottish Statistics

GDPScotland UK

Q2 2010 % change to previous quarter +1.3% +1.2%Q2 2010 % change to same quarter previous year +1.2%

+1.7%

PORTS TRAFFIC 2009Scotland UK

Inwards (thousand tonnes) 23,280 303,598Outwards (thousand tonnes) 62,299 197,264All (thousand tonnes) 85,580 500,863

Quarterly Transport Activity Survey

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Agriculture Retail Wholesale Manufacturing Construction Utilities PublicAuthorities

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Recycling,Waste

per cent balance of respondents

Quarter 3 2010 Quarter 4 2010

% Balance of Respondents

Operators across most sectors expect a busy period in the run up to Christmas

FTA Research Service

• Bespoke research and information related to your operation

– Diesel trends and graphs– OCRS– Vehicle and trailer height– Use of amber lights– Published statistics and trends– Carbon calculator– Fuel surcharge calculator– Cost information

• Average driver’s wage• Cost of fuel duty increases• Cost of legislation changes

FTA Research Team

• Bruce Goodhart – Research Analyst bgoodhart@fta.co.uk 01892 552242

– Manager’s Guide to Distribution Costs– Quarterly Transport Activity Survey– Fuel Price Information– Cost information

• Mark Shergold – Research Analyst mshergold@fta.co.uk 01892 552218

– Logistics Buyer– Benchmarking– Fuel Price information– Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme

• Joan Cooper – Subscription Administrator jcooper@fta.co.uk 01892 552365

• Sharon Ryan – Head of Research sryan@fta.co.uk 01892 552286

– Bespoke Research– All products and services

Future Direction

How would you like us to proceed with the report?

• Extra industrial sectors eg food and drink production and fisheries?

• Comparative statistics comparing Scotland and UK?• Scotland’s contribution to UK national statistics?• Particular road, rail, sea freight statistics?• Annual or quarterly report?

Logistics Industry Survey 2010/2011