How to use guide

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How to use guide

Giving Details of Sic Codes

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

The purpose of the Guide is to promote the goods and services that Dover companies provide, and

therefore boost their trade. The Guide features companies based in the District in the

manufacturing, construction and service sectors. Companies were sent a questionnaire and it is

from those responses that the Directory has been compiled.

It is hoped that the guide will also encourage local companies to use the goods and services

offered by other companies in the District, further boosting local trade. Local companies can now

act to fill the demand for services not already supplied, or perhaps budding local entrepreneurs will

see an opportunity to meet an identified demand.

The Guide also contains information that will be useful to local companies, giving details of

council and other services that are available to companies based in the District.

How to locate a company

Click on the companies A - Z index and look up the company name to find their category
reference. Look at the classification index, look up the section covering the classification division
(first two digits) and click on the relevant section

You may use the powerful SEARCH option in this directory to locate various headings.(Please
note it will take you to the start of the section and all you have to do is scroll down the page and
the item will be highlighted).

How to locate a particular product or service.

Turn to the classification index. Select the most appropriate
category and turn to the relevant page.

Is your company listed here?

If not, make sure you don't miss out on a free entry next time. Write to
The Business Development Section of the East Kent Initiative,
3 Waterloo Crescent,
Dover,
Kent, CT16 1LA,

stating your company's name and address, and you will be sent a questionnaire to complete and
return for entry in the next edition.

For the purposes of this guide retail outlets and companies featured in specialist Dover District
Council publications such as tourism brochures are not included.

Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of this Business Guide, neither
Dover District Council, nor the East Kent Initiative can accept any liability for any loss or
inconvenience arising from inaccuracies.

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

The companies listed in this publication have been classified using the Standard Industrial
Classification of Economic Activities 1992 - SIC (92).

This European standard classification system ensures a common framework for the six
publications covering the individual district and borough council boundaries within the East Kent
Initiative's area of operation.

The SIC (92) coding structure is a hierarchical five digit system.

The first level is divided into 17 sections, each section denoted by a single letter from A to Q.

Some sections are, in turn, divided into subsections (each denoted by the addition of a second
letter).

The letters do not form part of the coding as the SIC codes are uniquely defined by the next
breakdown, the divisions (denoted by two digits).

The divisions are then broken down into groups (3 digits), then into classes (4 digits) and, in
several cases, into subclasses (5 digits).

For example

Section D Manufacturing (comprising divisions 15 to 37)

Subsection DB
Manufacturing of textiles and textile products
(comprising divisions 17 and 18).

Division 17 Manufacture of textiles.

Group 17.4 Manufacture of made-up textile
articles, except apparel.

Class 17.40 Manufacture of made up textile

articles,except apparel.

Subclass 17.40/1 Manufacture of soft furnishings.

The classifications are listed numerically by section, by division and companies are listed
alphabetically within each classification.

The index at the back of this publication provides an alphabetical list of companies and the
classification under which they can be found.

A full list of SIC (92) classifications can be obtained from Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Publication reference number ISBN 0 11 620550 4.

CLASSIFICATION INDEX - SIC SECTIONS
A Agriculture, hunting and forestry. (Division 01 - 02)
B Fishing.(Division 5)
C mining and Quarrying.(Division 10-14)
CA Mining and quarrying of energy producing
materials.(11-12)
CB Mining and quarrying except energy producing
materials.(13-14).
D Manufacturing.(Division 15-37)
DA Manufacture of food products;beverages and
tobacco.(15-16)
DB Manufacture of textiles and textile products.(17-18)
DC Manufacture of leather and leather products.(19)
DD Manufacture of wood and wood products.(20)
DE Manufacture of pulp,paper and paper products;publishing
and printing.(21-22)
DF Manufacture of coke,refined petroleum products and
nuclear fuel.(23)
DG Manufacture of chemicals,chemical products and
man-made fibres.(24)
DH Manufacture of rubber and plastic products.(25)
DI Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products.(26)
DJ Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated
products.(27-28)
DK Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere
classified.(29)
DL Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment.(30-33)
DM Manufacture of transport equipment.(34-35)
DN Manufacturing not elsewhere classified.(36-37)
E Electricity,gas and water supply.(Division 40-41)
F Construction.(Division 45)
G Wholesale and retail trade;repair of motor
vichles, motorcycles and personal and household
goods.(Division 51-52)
H Hotels and restaurants.(Division 55)
I Transport,storage and communications.(Division 60-64)
J Financial intermediation.(Division 65-67)
K Real estate,renting and business activities.(Division
70-74)
L Public administration and defence;compulsory social
security.(Division 75)
M Education.(Division 80)
N Health and social work.(Division 85)
O Other community, social and personal service
activities.(Division 90-93)
P Private households with employed persons. (Division 95)