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Yorkshire & The Humber

Demography

Much of the moderate population growth in Yorkshire & the Humber is due to inward migration from eastern and central European countries. The region is also experiencing an increase in households and pensioner numbers, in line with the national trend. (Read more...)

Household income and spending

The gaps in GVA per capita, productivity in manufacturing and household disposable income per capita between Yorkshire & the Humber and the UK average have grown over the past two decades. This indicates that the region still needs to catch up in terms of higher value-added activities in manufacturing as well as in services. (Read more...)

Housing market

The recovery of the housing market in Yorkshire & the Humber appears to have been short lived as the winter of 2010/11 has seen all indicators of housing market performance become negative. Even during its recovery last year, the market was weaker than the UK housing market as a whole and this relatively weak performance has persisted. (Read more...)

Industries and firms

Yorkshire & the Humber has for some years been moving away from traditional manufacturing activities towards higher value-added services. (Read more...)

Labour market

Despite a recovery in employment within manufacturing in Yorkshire & the Humber, reductions in other sectors such as services and construction show the labour market to remain fragile, despite minor overall reductions. (Read more...)

News and interpretation - Manufacturing

An increase in manufacturing employment in the region is being driven by new investment.  (Read more...)

News and interpretation - Services

Many jobs are expected to be created in Yorkshire & the Humber as a result of many company investments and also a major redevelopment planned for the south bank of the River Humber.
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Occupational mix

Yorkshire & the Humber continues to lag behind the UK average in terms of skills, largely because about half of the jobs are in low-level occupations.

Earnings in high-level occupations are still appreciably below the UK average, but earnings in lower-level occupations are closer to the UK average.

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Short-term outlook

GVA is expected to make a modest recovery in 2011 and 2012, led by output growth in manufacturing. However, this modest growth is not expected to bring about a rise in employment. (Read more...)

Skills and earnings

Yorkshire & the Humber is still below the UK average in terms of skills and earnings. (Read more...)

The long-term: Demography

Population in Yorkshire & the Humber is expected to increase in the long term despite that the recent strong in-migration to the region is not expected to continue in the long term. The unemployment rate, however, is forecast to be high over the same period as jobs particularly in manufacturing will be permanently lost. (Read more...)

The long-term: GVA and employment

Yorkshire & the Humber is forecast to lag the national average in employment and GVA growth in the long term, mainly because of a weaker performance in services and manufacturing compared to the UK as a whole. (Read more...)

Transport infrastructure

Yorkshire & the Humber is well connected with the rest of England and the UK by north-south and east-west road and rail links as well as three international airports. (Read more...)