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www.glasgow.gov.uk
Kevin RushHead of Economic Development
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“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
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CHALLENGES• Health• Employment• Deprivation• Business Survival• A Glasgow Effect?
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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
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Healthy Life ExpectancyLife Expectancy vs Healthy Life Expectancy* at Birth, Males , 1999-2000
Source: ISD Scotland
53.846.7 46.8 46.8 48.3 50.5 52.6 53.2 53.6 53.8 56.5 58.5
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21.8 25.8 24.9 22.5 19.620.2 17.8 20.8 19.2
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Life ExpectancyEstimates of male life expectancy, least and most deprived Carstairs quintiles, 1981/85 -
1998/2002 (areas fixed to their deprivation quintile in 1981)Greater Glasgow
Source: calculated from GROS death registrations and Census data (1981, 1991, 2001)
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Males - Dep Quin 5 (most deprived)
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STRATEGIC PLAN5 Priorities:• Economic Growth• World Class City• Sustainable City• City that looks after its vulnerable people• A Learning City
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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
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SUSTAINABLE CITY• District Heating systems• Affordable Warmth Strategy• Green Capital Bid• Strategic Plan for Cycling
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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
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• 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.
• 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
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% 70.6%
Youth (16-24) Unemployment Rates
Date Glasgow Scotland UK
2008 15.0% 13.6% 15.0%
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%
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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.
Youth (16-24) Unemployment Rate
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Scotland
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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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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
Glasgow School Leaver Destinations 12/13
31%
27%
8%
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4%
11%
Higher Education
Further Education
Training
Employed
Other Positive Destination
Negative Destination
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Business SustainabilityCity 1 year survival rate (%)
3 year survival rate (%)
Aberdeen 96.7 68.4Birmingham 95.9 62.4Edinburgh 96.0 63.5Glasgow 95.3 60.3Liverpool 95.6 63.1Manchester 96.6 61.7
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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
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ECONOMIC GROWTHGlasgow Guarantee
• Worth £8million per year
• Commonwealth Apprentice Initiative – focus on school leavers
• 50% wage subsidy for employers for 1 year
• Commonwealth Jobs Fund – 18-24 and 50+
• Commonwealth Graduate Fund – unemployed/underemployed
• Commonwealth Youth Fund – 16-19 year olds
• 5000 young people into work or apprenticeships since 2009
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ECONOMIC GROWTH• Co-operative Council• Science Expo• Glasgow Living Wage• Urban Wireless
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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
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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
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Solutions - Employability• GCC Youth Employment Review• Mapping of services• Strategic interventions – not all delivering
same thing• Glasgow Guarantee review – getting young
people, employers involved
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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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