Local Labour Market Briefing

The Labour Market Briefing is produced by the GDC, and gives useful and up to date information on what is happening in the region’s labour market.  This is put together using resources such as The Northwest Development Agency’s Economic Briefings and The Mersey Partnership’s Economic Review etc.  The briefing offers information on how sectors are performing, regional employment rates and news on what is happening in local businesses.   The briefings may be viewed as PDF files here:

• Local Labour Market October '10 Update.pdf 
• Local Labour Market July '10 Update.pdf
• Local Labour Market March '10 Update.pdf
• Local Labour Market January '10 Update.pdf
• Local Labour Market October '09 Update.pdf
• Local Labour Market Summer '09 Report.pdf

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Useful Links for Information on Local Labour Market

Northwest Regional Development Agency

NWDA have weekly and monthly summaries of economic conditions in the Northwest.

Home page
http://www.nwda.co.uk/

Weekly Economic summary
http://www.nwriu.co.uk/aboutus/2726.aspx

NWDA Monthly Economic Summary
http://www.nwriu.co.uk/aboutus/2727.aspx

Experian Monthly Economic Summary
http://www.nwriu.co.uk/aboutus/2728.aspx

The Mersey Partnership

TMP commissions and publishes the annual benchmarking report - the Merseyside Economic Review.

Merseyside Economic Review 2008 – Summary
http://www.merseyside.org.uk/dbimgs/mer2008summary.pdf

Government Office for the North West

Home page
http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/

Section on the North West Economy
http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/Economy/?a=42496

Regional Economic Performance
http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/Economy/RegionalEconomicPerformance/?a=42496

Learning Skills Council North West

http://www.lsc.gov.uk/regions/NorthWest/

Local Authorities

Liverpool City Council

Liverpool Economic Briefing.  The Liverpool Economic Briefing looks at recent trends in Liverpool's economic growth (produced yearly)
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Business/Economic_development/Key_statistics_and_data/Liverpool_economic_data/index.asp

Economic Regeneration.  An overview of what has been happening.
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Business/Economic_development/Economic_regeneration/index.asp

Key statistics and data about Liverpool’s population and economy.
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Business/Economic_development/Key_statistics_and_data/index.asp

Positioning Liverpool
http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Business/Economic_development/Positioning_Liverpool/index.asp

Wirral Borough Council

Invest Wirral
http://www.investwirral.com/

St Helens Council

Invest in St Helens
http://www.investinsthelens.com/

Sefton Council

Invest Sefton
http://www.investsefton.com/

Economic Regeneration
http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=2532

Halton Borough Council

Economic Regeneration
http://www2.halton.gov.uk/content/business/economicregeneration/?a=5441
Major Projects
http://www2.halton.gov.uk/content/environment/majorprojectsdepartment/?a=5441

Knowsley Council

http://www.knowsleybusiness.com/economic_data.html

http://www.knowsleybusiness.com/

http://www.knowsleybusiness.com/economic_forum1.html

http://www.knowsleybusiness.com/business_sectors/sectors_knowsley.html

The Northern Way

The Northern Way brings together the cities and regions of the North of England to work together to improve the sustainable economic development of the North towards the level of more prosperous regions.
http://www.thenorthernway.co.uk/

TUC

The TUC publishes regular expert analysis of the UK economy.  They provide  links to their  economics briefings and reports.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/economy/index.cfm

The TUC Recession Report is a monthly series of briefings, providing ongoing analysis of labour market trends and forecasts, and some of the facts behind the headlines. It will also consider how the recession is impacting upon particular policy areas, with a special focus on a different priority every month.

Recession Report -Gives unemployment rates (broken down into regions)
http://www.tuc.org.uk/economy/index.cfm?mins=594

Prospects Net

Home page
http://www.prospectsnet.com/pivotal/page?command=homePage

Labour Market Information
Monthly digest of the latest developments in higher education, student issues and the graduate labour market.
http://www.prospectsnet.com/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Main_Menu___News_and_information/Labour_Market_Information/p!eXeaLpa;jsessionid=a6305dbf13c5Vx$CD$3F

Graduate Market Trends
Graduate Market Trends is a quarterly review of the graduate labour market and research into higher education and graduate issues published by Graduate Prospects.
http://www.prospectsnet.com/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Main_Menu___News_and_information/Graduate_Market_Trends/p!eXdadp

 

The Office of National Statistics

Economy
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/economy/index.html

Labour Market
Labour market statistics measure different aspects of work and jobs and provide an insight into the economy. The statistics cover people’s participation in the labour force, working patterns and the types of work they do. The statistics also show any earnings and benefits they receive.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/labour-market/index.html