1. Glasgow City Council

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

3. - Councillor Gordon Matheson
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. CHALLENGES Health Employment Deprivation Business Survival
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

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Male Life Expectancy

7. Healthy Life Expectancy
Glasgow City Council
Healthy Life Expectancy

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Life Expectancy

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

10. WORLD CLASS CITY Free entry to museums
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. SUSTAINABLE CITY District Heating systems Affordable Warmth Strategy
Glasgow City Council
SUSTAINABLE CITY
District Heating systems
Affordable Warmth Strategy
Green Capital Bid
Strategic Plan for Cycling

12. A city that looks after its vulnerable people
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

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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

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ECONOMIC GROWTH
The challenges

15. Youth (16-24) Unemployment Rates
Glasgow City Council - Employment / Unemployment
Employment Rates
Date
Glasgow
Scotland UK
2008
65.5%
73.5%
72.1%
2009
62.6%
71.9%
70.5%
2010
62.1%
71.0%
70.1%
2011
63.8%
70.7%
70.0%
2012
59.7%
70.6%
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.
Youth (16-24) Unemployment Rates
Date
Glasgow
Scotland UK
2008
15.0%
13.6%
2009
16.5%
16.8%
18.8%
2010
22.1%
18.6%
19.3%
2011
23.7%
21.5%
21.0%
2012
32.4%
20.7%
20.9%
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

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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%)
2012
2013
% change
Glasgow
34.0
41.4
7.4
Scotland
53.2
52.6
-0.6 UK
49.7
49.8
0.1

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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.
2012
2013
% change
Glasgow
32.4
24.5
- 7.9
Scotland
20.7
20.6
-0.1 UK
20.9
20.1
-0.8

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19. School Leaver Destinations
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. Business Sustainability
Glasgow City Council
Business Sustainability
City 1 year survival rate (%)
3 year survival rate (%)
Aberdeen
96.7
68.4
Birmingham
95.9
62.4
Edinburgh
96.0
63.5
Glasgow
95.3
60.3
Liverpool
95.6
63.1
Manchester
96.6
61.7

21. Economic Development challenges
Glasgow City Council
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

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

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

24. ECONOMIC GROWTH – GLASGOW CITY DEAL
Glasgow City Council
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

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

26. Solutions - Business Support
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. Solutions - Employability
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. Youth Unemployment Is employability the answer?
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?

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