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Tradeable and knowledge-based services in the East of Scotland. John Lord yellow book. Background to the study. ESEP labour market and economic intelligence service annual report bespoke reports: mining the data communications seminars: rural, new economy, impact of redundancies
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Tradeable and knowledge-based services in the East of Scotland John Lord yellow book
Background to the study • ESEP labour market and economic intelligence service • annual report • bespoke reports: mining the data • communications • seminars: rural, new economy, impact of redundancies • reviewing policy implications • focus on economic geography • understanding the programme area
Tradeable and knowledge-based services • service sector research deficit • but driving employment and output growth • understanding the spatial distribution of TKB services • links to developing city-region perspective • place matters, especially in the knowledge economy • identifying hotspots and lagging areas • framing policy responses • links to Local Futures work
Tradeable and knowledge-based services • tourism • financial services • computing (K1) • research and development (K1) • professional and business services (K1) • higher education (K1) • healthcare (K1) • recreation, sport and culture • 367,000 jobs in East of Scotland (33%; GB 29%)
Employment change East of Scotland, 1995-2002Service sector and all jobs
Employment change East of Scotland, 1995-2002Industrial sector and all jobs
East of Scotland ‘cities off’ TKB services location quotient
Professional and business services: share of total employment 2002
Professional and business services: area location quotients 2002
Recreation, sport and culture: share of total employment 2002
Local authority/LEC rankings EDINBURGH EDINBURGH STIRLING ABERDEEN DUNDEE STIRLING PERTH & K DUNDEE EAST LOTHIAN FIFE ABERDEEN MIDLOTHIAN K1 services All TKB services ANGUS PERTH & K FIFE MORAY WEST LOTHIAN WEST LOTHIAN MIDLOTHIAN EAST LOTHIAN MORAY AB’SHIRE AB’SHIRE ANGUS FALKIRK FALKIRK CLACKMANN CLACKMANN
TKB services in the East of Scotland • Edinburgh dominates all measures • a knowledge-intensive city • spillover into city region • Aberdeen strong in K1 sectors • Dundee public sector-led • Stirling-Perth corridor? • remote rural areas lagging • Falkirk/Clackmannanshire excluded • polarisation • public sector domination
The Geography of the Service Sector Economy ESEP seminar Falkirk 3 November 2004