This is the final part in this series. You can read Parts 1, 2 and 3 here, here, and here. For LEPs to successfully achieve their key goals of determining local economic priorities, driving economic growth and increasing productivity within their local area, a robust, evidence-based understanding of the economic makeup of the area, […]
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People, Place & Prosperity — How Emsi Can Help LEPs in Their Skills and Growth Strategies (Part 3)
You can read Parts 1 and 2 of this series here and here. It’s no secret that Britain has a productivity problem. As the chart below shows, productivity (output per worker) was on a largely upward trajectory from the 1960s, until it fell quite sharply during the recession of 2008. Since then, the trajectory […]
People, Place & Prosperity — How Emsi Can Help LEPs in Their Skills and Growth Strategies (Part 2)
You can read Part 1 of this series here. Labour Market Insight (LMI), as the name suggests, is simply insight, information and intelligence about labour markets. On the most basic level, it is information relating to occupations and industries, such as job numbers and salaries, but it can also include a range of more […]
People, Place & Prosperity — How Emsi Can Help LEPs in Their Skills and Growth Strategies (Part 1)
“LEPs have a vital role to play in delivering strong local economies. As business-led partnerships they are at the heart of responding to skills needs and building local industrial strategies that will help individuals and businesses gain the skills they need to grow.” – Damian Hinds MP in his remarks to the Council of LEP […]
June 2019 Product Update: New Economy Overview
Welcome to our new series of monthly Product Updates! We are constantly working on developing new products, as well as new functions, layouts and designs in our existing products, and we want to share these with you so that you can see what we are doing to help you get the data you need […]
The University of Sydney: How a World Renowned University is Using Data to Further Improve its Graduate Employability
Founded in 1850, the University of Sydney (UoS) is the oldest university in Australia, and is also amongst the most prestigious Higher Education institutions in the world, consistently making it into the Top 50 best universities according to the QS World University Rankings (it is currently rated 42nd). With 34,000 undergraduate and 25,000 postgraduate […]
Data Dabbling: The Phenomenal Growth of the “Knowing” and “Sorting” Economies in Britain
Since the 2008 recession, one of the most notable labour market trends in Britain has been the huge growth in a couple of big clusters of industries, which have been labelled “The Knowing Economy” and “The Sorting Economy”. The Knowing Economy tends to include highly skilled, analytical, and interpersonal jobs in sectors such as professional […]
