SLIM Publications

This is the report of the SLIM Learning Theme, Employment & Skills: The Role of Regeneration in Supporting Communities. The Learning Theme, explored how to get the best jobs and skills benefits from regeneration activities as well as investigating how well regeneration policies, practices and funding streams are linking together to support communities.

The South West Regional Employment and Skills Board (RESB) Alliance met on 9 June2010, in partnership with the South West Regional Development Agency (SW RDA) and SLIM, to discuss the topic of: The Regional Employment and Skills Analysis – where next?

The Regional Employment and Skills Analysis started in summer 2009 and is an extremely comprehensive look at the South West. It was intended to be the basis for informing future funding decisions and to dovetail with the forthcoming South West Regional Skills Strategy and this Alliance was originally scheduled to form part of the expert consultation process designed to inform its development.

However, the new coalition Government has very recently decided that this strategy will not now be required and, instead, for 2011/12 the region will only need to produce a Regional Skills Priorities Statement. The Alliance meeting, therefore, offers an extremely timely opportunity to look at the development of the Regional Skills Priorities Statement.

This is the latest report in a series of monthly Recession Briefings produced by SLIM at the request of the People, Employment and Skills sub-group of the Regional Economic Task Group.

The report sets out the latest data on the employment and skills impacts of the recession, analysing trends in claimant count, ILO unemployment measures, job vacancies and redundancies between November 2008 and April 2010.

The impact of the recession on localised districts, different occupations and disadvantaged groups is discussed in detail.

The two main datasets analysed in this report are: Jobcentre Plus administrative data to April 2010 and Labour Force Survey (LFS) data for the quarter from February to April 2010.

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The South West Regional Employment and Skills Analysis 2010 report for Plymouth was developed by SLIM in February and March 2010 to provide an evidence base for Local Employment and Skills Boards. The reports have also been produced to inform the development of Work and Skills Plans and development of local priorities for the Skills Funding Agency. Background data for this series can be found on our LESB web page.

The South West Regional Employment and Skills Analysis 2010 report for Somerset was developed by SLIM in February and March 2010 to provide an evidence base for Local Employment and Skills Boards. The reports have also been produced to inform the development of Work and Skills Plans and development of local priorities for the Skills Funding Agency. Background data for this series can be found on our LESB web page.