At the moment, the City Region has a population of 1,650,000, of which 1,000,000 are of working age. Just over 65% of the population live in the five Tyne and Wear local authorities. Steady progress has been made in growing new enterprises and there is now more people in work than ever before.
Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland have witnessed significant economic growth over the past five to ten years.
The City Region has more people in work than ever before, but despite a period of sustained economic growth over the past decade, and changes to welfare policy, the proportion of working age population in employment has risen only slightly, and we still lag behind the national average
The skills base of the City Region’s labour force is improving, and at lower skills levels the area performs reasonably well, when compared to the national average – 64.5% of the working age population have a level 2 qualification, compared to 63.2% for England. At level 3 and above, our comparative performance does not compare as favourably, with only 42.4% achieving level 3 compared to 44.9% for England, and a bigger gap at level 4, with only 23.5% compared to a national average of 27.1%.
04-Feb-10
A new grant for employers has just been announced to make it easier for employers to take on young people as apprentices. ...
01-Feb-10
The Tyne and Wear City Region Employment and Skills Partnership is the latest organisation aiming to combine local employers, councils and government agencies, to tackle unemployment in the North East. Full Article.
01-Feb-10
This report summarises the key points from an in-depth analysis undertaken on the latest Tyne and Wear City Region labour market statistics. ...
