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New Economy of the East of Scotland

New Economy of the East of Scotland. ESEP Seminar Dundee College 28th October 2003. Today’s programme. 10.30 Welcome: Gordon McLaren 10.40 Presentation: John Lord 11.20 Commentary: Ron Botham 11.45 Break 12.00 Focus groups 12.45 Feedback and discussion

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New Economy of the East of Scotland

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  1. New Economy of the East of Scotland ESEP Seminar Dundee College 28th October 2003

  2. Today’s programme • 10.30 Welcome: Gordon McLaren • 10.40 Presentation: John Lord • 11.20 Commentary: Ron Botham • 11.45 Break • 12.00 Focus groups • 12.45 Feedback and discussion • 13.15 Closing remarks: Gordon McLaren • 13.30 Lunch

  3. ESEP labour market service • launched January 2002 • labour market information service for ESEP and its partners • principal output - major annual report: • www.esep.co.uk • ad hoc reports and services: • ERDF/ESF-funded community development projects • strategic sector profiles • autumn seminars

  4. East of Scotland Programme Area

  5. What do we mean by the new economy? • it’s a flag of convenience term • we’re looking for evidence of: • clusters (present and emerging) • competitiveness • wealth creation • innovation • adjustment • how is the ESEP area contributing? • role of the eligible areas

  6. Focus on 6 key sectors • electronics / opto-electronics • creative industries • forest products • food and drink • tourism and culture • biotechnology

  7. Disaggregated by 8 areas • Scotland • East of Scotland Programme Area • City of Edinburgh • City of Aberdeen • City of Dundee • South of the Forth(West Lothian, Midlothian, East Lothian) • North of the Forth(Stirling, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire, Fife) • North of Tay(Perth & Kinross, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Moray)

  8. We’ll take a look at… • business stock • industry structure • the key sectors • wages • occupational structure

  9. VAT registered businesses per 10,000 population (2001)

  10. Change in VAT registered businesses 1997-2002 (%)

  11. Scotland: employment trends + LQs

  12. ESEP area: employment trends + LQs

  13. Aberdeen: employment trends + LQs

  14. Dundee: employment trends + LQs

  15. Edinburgh: employment trends + LQs

  16. South of Forth: employment trends + LQs

  17. North of Forth: employment trends + LQs

  18. North of Tay: employment trends + LQs

  19. Electronics / opto-electronics employee jobs as % of total area jobs, 2001

  20. Electronics/opto-electronics, change in employee jobs 1995-2001 (%)

  21. Creative industries employee jobs as % of total area jobs, 2001

  22. Creative industries, change in employee jobs 1995-2001 (%)

  23. Forest products employee jobs as % of total area jobs, 2001

  24. Forest products, change in employee jobs 1995-2001 (%)

  25. Food and drink employee jobs as % of total area jobs, 2001

  26. Food and drink, change in employee jobs 1995-2001 (%)

  27. Tourism and culture employee jobs as % of total area jobs, 2001

  28. Tourism and culture, change in employee jobs 1995-2001 (%)

  29. Biotechnology employee jobs as % of total area jobs, 2001

  30. Biotechnology, change in employee jobs 1995-2001 (%)

  31. Distribution of biotechnology employment by council area (2001) 35% 30% 25% 20% % of total ESEP sector employee jobs 15% 10% 5% 0% Fife Moray Falkirk Stirling Angus Midlothian Dundee City East Lothian Perthshire & West Lothian Kinross Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Edinburgh, City of Clackmannanshire Source: Annual Business Inquiry/ Annual Employee Survey

  32. 5 star science/technology research in East of Scotland HEIs • Dundee • clinical lab sciences, biological sciences, • Edinburgh • hospital-based clinical, pure maths, computer science, electrical/electronic engineering • Heriot-Watt • Mineral and mining engineering

  33. oil/gas extraction (12.6) oil/gas services (12.4) pulp/paper/board (5.1) fish processing (4.6) fishing/fish farm (4.4) forestry/logging (3.7) semi conductors (2.9) shipbuilding/repair (2.8) beverages (2.5) farming animals (2.5) computer mfg (2.2) measuring instruments (2.2) museum activities (2.1) sawmilling (1.9) technical testing (1.9) radio & tv activities (1.9) hotels (1.8) growing crops (1.7) optical instruments (1.7) research (1.3) ESEP area: high LQs

  34. Aberdeen • high LQs for: • oil extraction (81.0) and services (70.9) • technical testing/analysis (10.5) • fish processing (7.0) • pulp/paper/board (6.3) • industrial process control equipment (5.4) • special purpose machinery (4.0) • architecture/engineering activities (3.6) • forestry/logging (3.6) • shipbuilding and repair (3.1) • mechanical power machinery (2.7) • higher education (1.5) • research (1.4)

  35. Dundee • high LQs for: • publishing (3.8) • higher education (3.8) • manufacture of computers (2.9) • museum activities (2.8) • manufacture tvs/radios (2.3) • mechanical power machinery (1.9) • veneer sheets/plywood (1.6) • bars (1.4)

  36. Edinburgh • High LQs for: • auxiliary to financial intermediation (4.5) • museum activities (4.2) • insurance and pension funding (4.0) • measuring instruments (3.9) • recorded media (3.7) • monetary intermediation (3.4) • office machinery repair/mfr (2.7) • beverages (2.6) • pharmaceuticals (2.5) • higher education (2.3) • other financial intermediation (1.7) • other computer related (1.5) • hotels (1.5) • research (1.4)

  37. South of the Forth • High LQs for: • manufacture of semi-conductors (17.3) • optical instruments (11.8) • manufacture of computers (7.4) • radio and tv activities (7.3) • beverages (4.5) • research (3.8) • pulp/paper/board (3.5) • growing crops (2.8) • meat production (2.7) • agricultural services (2.5) • photographic activities (1.9) • hardware consultancy (1.5) • hotels (1.5)

  38. North of the Forth • high LQs for: • pulp/paper/board (9.9) • shipbuilding/repair (7.2) • manufacture of computers (4.2) • veneer sheets/plywood (3.5) • manufacture of semi-conductors (3.2) • measuring instruments (2.6) • farming animals (2.5) • radio and tv activities (2.4) • beverages (2.3) • hotels (2.3) • processing fruit & veg (2.2) • mechanical power machinery (1.7) • database activities (1.6) • insurance and pension funding (1.6)

  39. North of the Tay • High LQs for: • fishing (27.8) • fish processing (27.1) • oil and gas services (12.8) • forestry and logging (12.1) • growing crops (9.3) • farming animals (7.1) • sawmilling (6.3) • pulp/paper/board (5.6) • beverages (5.2) • agricultural services (3.9) • meat production (3.7) • builders carpentry (3.3) • hotels (2.7)

  40. Gross weekly full-time earnings, (£), 1999/2002

  41. Workforce by occupation type,(%) 2001

  42. Occupational mix by council area

  43. New Economy of the East of Scotland ESEP Seminar Dundee College 28th October 2003

  44. The new (or not so new) economy:- a real world perspective Ron Botham Training & Employment Research Unit

  45. What we can learn from Soviet cuisine • Russian national dish: PIRMINI • Kazakh national dish: BEESHBARMACK • Uzbeck national dish: MANTI • ask what each is made of, and the answer is…

  46. …“the same”- just like the “new economy” • lots of words that mean the same thing • the new economy is a: • super buzzphrase encompassing the knowledge driven economy, the digital economy, the service economy, the global economy…the weightless (or dematerialised) economy (Philpott, 2001) • or how about: • Innovation systems, industrial milieu, the learning region, the intelligent region, associative consensual economies… • they all mean that innovation has become the most important economic driver

  47. Supposed features of the new economy • essentially IT/internet driven: • is biotech the new new economy? • it means the end of: • place/distance • paper • hierarchy and organisation • the office

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