New data out today shows that almost three quarters of all the 49,000 businesses with six or more employees have less 20. But regulators assume they are like the 4% who have 100 or more. (That is probably because the regulators themselves are very large organisations and assume everyone is like them.) The only industries where more than 10% are "large" (ie 100+ employees) are the utilities, financial services, and "Administrative & support services" (lawyers, accountants & consultants).. Lots Available, Few Buyers: Auction rooms just had their third busiest week in more than a year last week so there were plenty of ... (full story)