Data Gathering

Proposal Objective I am looking to build a repository of data to highlight the costs that a business of a certain industry and size incurs in any given market on a monthly basis. The aim is to build the repository of data independent of any other data, and once accumulated, the individual parameters are overlaid on each other to form a full picture of the outgoings of a business in a given market. Scope of the Project For this project the scope is wherever on the internet the data can be accumulated from. I would like to gather information about multiple countries so that I can then average out against each other. Output of the Project For this project the output will be either a series of csv files, or excel file which I can import into my current working environment. Parameters The study is to investigate parameters and come up with costings for each of these individually. Industry I would like to look at all data available for SIC (Industry Classification) codes, but will consider what data is available for this particular industry. For instance, restaurants, cafés. I would like to know the raw usage of below data if available in the market…..or if usage per square foot is available, I will consider that. Employee Costs I wish to ascertain the cost of employing an individual in a country. This is a well-known value in the market place in each country, and I would like to be able understand if it is possible to find data that would tell us the following information • Industry • Skill Type (unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, highly skilled) (basic employee to senior executive) • Cost (per hour or per month, or annual) I would also like to know what the minimum wage is in the country and if this varies. I would also like to know if there are any mandatory costs involved in employing someone in a country (pension, insurance), and if there is, what are the costs associated with same. Electricity Most Countries have multiple Electricity providers. I would like to know the per unit costs for electricity in the market. I would like to break it into how it is charged. Water Most countries have one (or more) providers of water services. I would like to know the unit cost of water for use in the market, and whether that is split into flushing water and drinkable water Gas There could be a couple of gas providers in a country. Again, I would like to know the per unit cost of gas in the market. Internet / Phone There are a number of phone and internet providers any market. I would like to know the basic cost for business internet and phone in the market. I would like this to be a cost per company for small business packages. If phone and internet are different packages, I would like both.