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%)
East of Scotland: employment in TKB services, 2002
Scottish GDP
Scottish GDP
Service sector GDP Scotland
Service sector GDP Scotland,
Employment change Scotland,
Employment change East of Scotland,
Change in total employment, EoS
Change in industrial employment, EoS
Change in service sector employment, EoS
Employment change East of Scotland, Service sector and all jobs
Employment change East of Scotland, Industrial sector and all jobs
Employment in TKB services, Scotland (% of total), 2002
Change in TKB service employment EoS
Analysis of employment change EoS
TKB service employment by Council area, EoS 2002 (% share)
TKB services as a % of total employment, EoS 2002
East of Scotland TKB services LQs
East of Scotland ‘cities off’ TKB services location quotient
Tourism: share of total employment 2002
Tourism: area location quotients 2002
Financial services: share of total employment 2002
Financial services: area location quotients 2002
Computing: share of total employment 2002
Computing: area location quotients 2002
R&D: share of total employment 2002
R&D: area location quotients 2002
Professional and business services: share of total employment 2002
Professional and business services: area location quotients 2002
Higher education: share of total employment 2002
Higher education: area location quotients 2002
Healthcare: share of total employment 2002
Healthcare: area location quotients 2002
Recreation, sport and culture: share of total employment 2002
Recreation, sport and culture: area location quotients 2002
All TKB services: area location quotients 2002
R&D expenditure
Average gross weekly earnings (workplace based)
Local authority/LEC rankings EDINBURGH STIRLING DUNDEE EAST LOTHIAN PERTH & K ABERDEEN ANGUS FIFE WEST LOTHIAN MIDLOTHIAN MORAY AB’SHIRE FALKIRK CLACKMANN All TKB services K1 services EDINBURGH ABERDEEN STIRLING DUNDEE FIFE MIDLOTHIAN PERTH & K MORAY WEST LOTHIAN EAST LOTHIAN AB’SHIRE ANGUS FALKIRK 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