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News Release from: Plimsoll Publishing | Subject: UK environmental consultants market
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2007
UK environmental consultants market
analysis
About 99% of last year's sales growth went to just 55 firms in the UK environmental consultants industry, according to the market analysis provided by leading industry commentators Plimsoll Publishing
A staggering 99% of last year's sales growth in the UK environmental consultants industry went to just 55 firms, according to a new analysis of the market by leading industry commentators Plimsoll Publishing The flipside of the coin is that many others are struggling to survive in an atmosphere of declining sales and increasing debt, with at least 68 staring failure in the face
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 1 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This just published research includes an individual analysis of 580 companies in the environmental consultants sector and shows the impact these increasingly powerful companies are exercising in the market.
David Pattison, senior research analyst, commented.
"Looked at separately these 55 super companies are great news for the industry.
Yet the reality is much more disturbing.
These companies are forcing such intense competition that others are battling for survival.
Unless some of the worst performing companies start to come to terms with the financial implications of flat or declining sales, they will go bust or be forced to sell up.
It really is a time of either joy or tears.
The market hungry will use this analysis to seek out companies to approach and buy.
For the others, desperate to sell, it's a case of finding a buyer".
Among the 525 other companies covered in the analysis: 129 firms are caught in the retreat, despite efforts to control their costs, reduce staff numbers or sell off some investment.
So far this has had little impact on their ability to stay in the market.
61 of the worst affected companies saw sales decline by an average of 12% in one year.
As a result, more that half of these lost money because extra costs could not be passed on into sales.
68 of these firms are working under such an escalating debt burden that the likelihood of failure must be considered extremely high.
The full analysis contains an individual profile of each of the UK top 580 environmental consultants companies.
It shows at a glance the impact the changing marketplace is having on each company.
Readers of Processingtalk can obtain the full report for GBP300 - a discount of GBP50 - by quoting the code PR01 when ordering online, or by direct contact with the sales office.
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