This Chapter has been extracted from the ONS Explanatory Notes and provides a more detailed explanation of possible activities that could fall within the SIC Codes related to the Chapter.
This division includes the provision of advice and assistance to businesses and other organisations on management issues, such as strategic and organisational planning; financial planning and budgeting; marketing objectives and policies; human resource policies, practices, and planning; production scheduling; and control planning. It also includes the overseeing and managing of other units of the same company or enterprise, i.e. the activities of head offices.
70.1 Activities of head offices
70.10 Activities of head offices
This class includes the overseeing and managing of other units of the company or enterprise; undertaking the strategic or organisational planning and decision making role of the company or enterprise; exercising operational control and managing the day-to-day operations of their related units.
This class includes activities of:
- head offices
- centralised administrative offices
- corporate offices
- district and regional offices
- subsidiary management offices
This class excludes:
- activities of holding companies, not engaged in managing, see 64.20
70.2 Management consultancy activities
70.21 Public relations and communication activities
This class includes the provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance, including lobbying activities, to businesses and other organisations on public relations and communication.
This class excludes:
- advertising agencies and media representation services, see 73.1
- market research and public opinion polling, see 73.20
70.22 Business and other management consultancy activities
70.22/1 Financial management
This subclass includes the provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance to businesses and other organisations on issues such as cost reduction and other financial issues; compensation and retirement strategies.
This may include advice, guidance or operational assistance to businesses and the public service regarding:
- design of accounting methods or procedures, cost accounting programmes, budgetary control procedures
This subclass excludes:
- design of computer software for accounting systems, see 62.01
- accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities, tax consulting, see 69.20
70.22/9 Management consultancy activities (other than financial management)
This subclass includes the provision of advice, guidance and operational assistance to businesses and other organisations on management issues, such as corporate strategic and organisational planning, business process re-engineering, change management, marketing objectives and policies; human resource policies, practices and planning; production scheduling and control planning.
This provision of business services may include advice, guidance or operational assistance to businesses and the public service regarding:
- advice and help to businesses and public services in planning, organisation, efficiency and control,
management information etc.
This subclass excludes:
- legal advice and representation, see 69.10
- architectural and engineering advisory activities, see 71.11, 71.12
- environmental, agronomy, security and similar consulting activities, see 74.90
- executive placement or search consulting activities, see 78.10
- educational consulting activities, see 85.60
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