Glasgow City Council

1. Glasgow City Council www.glasgow.gov.uk

2. Glasgow City Council Kevin Rush Head of Economic Development Glasgow City Council

3. Glasgow City Council “Glasgow is the principal powerhouse of the Scottish economy; the cultural, sporting, engineering and academic heart of the country; and we’re now one of Europe’s top financial centres. “We have a remarkable business tourism sector and we’re the number one retail destination in the UK outside of London. We have a highly educated workforce and, in recent years, Glasgow is the only major city in the UK where youth unemployment has fallen.” - Councillor Gordon Matheson

4. Glasgow City Council CHALLENGES • Health • Employment • Deprivation • Business Survival • A Glasgow Effect?

5. Glasgow City Council SUCCESSES • High skill level – 40% of population with degree-level qualifications or above (Manchester – 32%, Birmingham - 25%). • Highest wage rate per head of 10 biggest UK cities outside London. • UK business startup hotspot • Educational attainment at all-time high • 80,000 new jobs in city between 1995 and 2008

6. Male Life Expectancy Glasgow City Council

7. Glasgow City Council Healthy Life Expectancy

8. Glasgow City Council Life Expectancy

9. STRATEGIC PLAN 5 Priorities: Economic Growth World Class City Sustainable City City that looks after its vulnerable people A Learning City Glasgow City Council

10. Glasgow City Council WORLD CLASS CITY • Free entry to museums • Year of Glasgow – Commonwealth Games, MTV Europe Awards, BBC SPOTY • Longer funding for 3rd sector • Fund 100 police officers • Anti-poverty strategy • Free access to sport facilities for certain groups

11. Glasgow City Council SUSTAINABLE CITY • District Heating systems • Affordable Warmth Strategy • Green Capital Bid • Strategic Plan for Cycling

12. Glasgow City Council A city that looks after its vulnerable people • Guarantee all care leavers a job or college place and provide support to help them sustain it • Alcohol – work with community planning partners (SOA) • Carers’ Champion • Carers’ card

13. Glasgow City Council A LEARNING CITY • Rebuilding or refurbishing every Primary and ASL school in the city • Increase Family Learning Centres • Extension of childcare • Improve quality of teaching & learning • Increase number of pupils studying science • Work with college principals to attract more funding to the city

14. ECONOMIC GROWTH The challenges Glasgow City Council

15. Glasgow City Council - Employment / Unemployment • Glasgow’s employment rate suffered over the most recent recession - falling by 5.8% in comparison to a Scottish fall of 2.9%, and a UK fall of 1.5% over the same time period. Similarly, Glasgow’s youth unemployment rate suffered significantly – increasing by 11.5% more than the UK average, and 10.3% more than the Scottish average

16. Glasgow City Council YOUTH EMPLOYMENT • Post-recession, Glasgow’s youth employment rate had a higher recovery than the UK and Scottish averages • Similarly, the overall employment figure has increased by 3.6% in the last year (Scotland +0.4%, UK +0.7%)

17. Glasgow City Council YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT • Glasgow’s youth unemployment level fell by 7.9% between 2012 and 2013 – a full 7.8% more than the Scottish average, and 7.1% more than the UK equivalent.

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19. Glasgow City Council School Leaver Destinations • 89.2% of Glasgow’s school leavers in 2012/2013 journeyed into a positive destination – gap has closed consistently over last 5 years • But, follow up report in February is less positive. More school leavers drop out of positive destination than rest of Scotland

20. Glasgow City Council Business Sustainability

21. Economic Development challenges Youth unemployment going in right direction – but still too high Long term youth unemployment the real issue Underemployment a major issue Business sustainability lower in Glasgow than anywhere else in UK School leavers fall away after initial positive destinations Glasgow City Council

22. ECONOMIC GROWTH Glasgow Guarantee Worth £8million per year Commonwealth Apprentice Initiative – focus on school leavers 50% wage subsidy for employers for 1 year Commonwealth Jobs Fund – 18-24 and 50+ Commonwealth Graduate Fund – unemployed/underemployed Commonwealth Youth Fund – 16-19 year olds 5000 young people into work or apprenticeships since 2009 Glasgow City Council

23. ECONOMIC GROWTH Co-operative Council Science Expo Glasgow Living Wage Urban Wireless Glasgow City Council

24. ECONOMIC GROWTH – GLASGOW CITY DEAL First of its kind in Scotland Glasgow City-Region Aims for £1bn investment Three strands: Infrastructure Fund Labour Market Private Sector Growth Glasgow City Council

25. Glasgow City Council Resources spent on employability support (16-24 year olds) and business growth (2013/14) – GCC and ALEOs

26. Glasgow City Council Solutions - Business Support • Shift focus from start-up to stay-up • Increase business sustainability support • Account management • Glasgow Enterprise Board • Charged with increasing business base • Business mortality particular issue in Glasgow • Business Transfer Loan Fund • Supporting business incubation • Series of incubators across city (ESpark, Digital Enterprise Glasgow etc.) • Need for greater post-incubation support • Asking more of businesses we support

27. Glasgow City Council Solutions - Employability • GCC Youth Employment Review • Mapping of services • Strategic interventions – not all delivering same thing • Glasgow Guarantee review – getting young people, employers involved

28. Glasgow City Council Youth Unemployment • Is employability the answer? • Should we do more to stimulate growth? • Do we ask enough of businesses we support? • Is long-term unemployment/underemployment the real issue? • Resources not the issue. But in the right place? • Do we involve the right people in service design?

29. Glasgow City Council Kevin.Rush@glasgow.gov.uk