The high proportion of public sector employment is common to Wales as a whole.

From 1978 to 1987, the report said, small businesses added 65,000 jobs to the city's economy, or 22 percent of all new private sector employment.

Recent years have seen a trend toward more private sector employment.

Private sector employment increased by 5,000 to 23.1 million.

But of course public sector employment is coming down sharply.

That "suggests a model for private sector employment," he said.

On the other hand, private sector employment grew at an average rate of 3% over that period.

Private sector employment peaked out at the end of 2000.

The releases on public sector employment do not go down below region or nation.

The outside work can be community service based work in state agencies, or private sector employment.