Industries: Local Labour Market

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Industries:Our Local Labour

Market


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Overview

Suffolk consists mostly of small to medium sizedbusinesses.

Suffolk is below average in levels of qualifications

Pay rates below average compared to rest of the UK Low rates of unemployment (compared to other

parts of UK)

Pockets of high deprivationLowestoft, Haverhill,

Forest Heath, parts of Ipswich Population is fairly static

Ageing population - potential skills gaps


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Can you match these employment areas with %

of people employed in Suffolk?

Retail 6.5%

Public Administration and Defence 17.6%

Hospitality 12.6%

Construction 12.1%

Education 5.6%

Transportation and Storage 9.3%

Health & Social Care 6.5%

Manufacturing 7.1%

Tourism 7.7%

Banking, Insurance & Finance 15.1%

Administration 9.4%


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Main Employment Areas

Retail17.6%

Transportation & communications7.7%

Hospitality6.5%

Health and Social Care - 12.6%

Education9.3% Manufacturing - 12.1%

Administration7.1%

Banking, Finance & Insurance 15.1

Tourism9.4% Public administration and Defence5.6%

Construction6.5%


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What are their

employmentoptions?
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What can you find

out about the

industry you want

to work in?


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Main Growth Areas

Energy

Health & Social Care

Port and Logistics

Advanced Engineering

ICT

Biotechnology

Tourism

Creative Media

Food & Drink


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Energy

Offshore Wind, Oil & Gas,

Nuclear

Lowestoftstrategic importance

Sizewell B/C

12,000 people employed

400 offshore energy companies


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Biotechology

Haverhill/Cambridge/Newmarket

CEFASLowestoft

3,000 people employed36 companies

UCS developing biotech laboratoryBiotech predicted to be one of fastest

growing sectors in UK


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Food, Drink and Agriculture

Growing, production, processing,

packaging, distribution, festivals and

tourism

19,000 people employed

3,000 companies

Links with tourism and hospitality sectors

SkillsSTEM, customer service,

entrepreneurship, creativity


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Tourism

Coastline, countryside, historic

towns, visitor attractions, festivals,

culture30,000 people employed

2,000 companies2012 Olympics; proximity to London


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Port and Logistics

UKs fifth biggest industry

Road, rail, air, seadistribution and

storage13,000 people employed

1,000 companies

Key areasFelixstowe, Harwich,Ipswich, Lowestoft, A14 corridor


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Useful Resources

Commercial software

www.cascaid.co.uk

(Kudos and Careerscape)www.uexplore.com

www.fasttomato.com

www.pathfinderlive.co.uk

Free Suffolk resources

www.thesource.me.uk

www.future4me.org.uk

Free National resources

https://nationalcareersservice.

direct.gov.uk

www.plotr.co.uk

www.apprenticeships.org.ukwww.ucas.co.uk

www.notgoingtouni.co.uk

www.prospects.ac.uk

www.icould.com

www.careersbox.com

www.careersworld.co.uk

Directgov helpline:

0800 100 900

(Text: 07766 413 219)
http://www.cascaid.co.uk/http://www.uexplore.com/http://www.fasttomato.com/http://www.pathfinderlive.co.uk/http://www.thesource.me.uk/http://www.future4me.org.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/http://www.plotr.co.uk/http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/http://www.ucas.co.uk/http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/http://www.prospects.ac.uk/http://www.icould.com/http://www.careersbox.com/http://www.careersworld.co.uk/http://www.careersworld.co.uk/http://www.careersbox.com/http://www.icould.com/http://www.prospects.ac.uk/http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/http://www.ucas.co.uk/http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/http://www.plotr.co.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/http://www.future4me.org.uk/http://www.thesource.me.uk/http://www.pathfinderlive.co.uk/http://www.fasttomato.com/http://www.uexplore.com/http://www.cascaid.co.uk/

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