Local Economy

The economy of Staffordshire is always changing and new opprtunities and issues are raised daily.

The County has undergone significant changes over recent decades, most notably in the decline of the manufacturing sector, although this sector is still important localy representing a high proportion of local employment.

The future success of Staffordshire's economy will depend on the ability to maximise the potential of new technologies, the development of a "knowledge economy" and the willingness to adapt to new practices. The future development of the economy will also need to take account of the challenges posed by an ageing labour force into the future.

Staffordshire Economic Bulletin
The impacts of the global economic recession are being felt at all levels. Locally in Staffordshire the recession is having differing impacts on the range of communities and economic sectors locally. A large proportion of employment in sectors which have been identified as being among the most vulnerable in a recession (Manufacturing and Construction) has been one factor in Staffordshire experiencing very high increases in rates of claimant unemployment.

As a response to the need for up to date information on the local economy, the Research Unit is publishing a monthly economic bulletin, considering issues such as unemployment, national economic conditions and indicators, local job gains and losses and the state of the housing market.

The bulletins will be produced on a monthly basis shortly after the publication of claimant unemployment data, to support the need for a timely evidence base during the recession.

Downloads
Please Note: The following documents are provided in PDF and therefore require Acrobat Reader software in order to read them.

 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 1 - January 2009 (PDF, 128KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 2 - February 2009 (PDF, 696KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 3 - March 2009 (PDF, 144KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 4 - April 2009 (PDF, 728KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 5 - May 2009 (PDF, 580KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 6 - June 2009 (PDF, 132KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 7 - July 2009 (PDF, 132KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 8 - August 2009 (PDF, 132KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 9 - September 2009 (PDF, 132KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 10 - October 2009 (PDF, 584KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 11 - November 2009 (PDF, 864KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 12 - December 2009 (PDF, 624KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 13 - January 2010 (PDF, 572KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 14 - February 2010 (PDF, 580KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 15 - March 2010 (PDF, 664KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 16 - April 2010 (PDF, 920KB) 
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 17 - May 2010 (PDF, 820KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 18 - June 2010 (PDF, 528KB) 
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 19 - July 2010 (PDF, 532KB)
 Staffordshire Economic Bulletin Issue 20 - August 2010 (PDF, 584KB)

 Staffordshire Local Economic Assessment (PDF, 3.99MB)
 Understanding the economy of rural Staffordshire - A daughter document to the Staffordshire Local Economic Assessment (PDF, 2.6MB)

Industrial Profiles 2007: Profiles of every industrial estate in Staffordshire were completed in February 2008 by the Research Unit. The profiles offer details of the occupancy and contact details of all industrial estates throughout the administrative county. Maps are included. The reports are produced by each district council area and are available on CD-Rom in PDF format on request from Jonathan Vining (Tel No: 01785 27 7353, Email: jonathan.vining@staffordshire.gov.uk)

Related Information
Labour Market
Economic Development & Enterprise

External Websites
 Department of Trade and Industry
 Regional Competitiveness Indicators
 Office of National Statistics

Key Contact
Jonathan Vining, Principal Economic Research Officer
Email: jonathan.vining@staffordshire.gov.uk
Tel No: 01785 277353

Matthew Shufflebotham, Senior Research and Information Officer
Email: matthew.shufflebotham@staffordshire.gov.uk
Tel No: 01785 277355

Please report any broken links in the Research pages to research@staffordshire.gov.uk.

Last Modified: 16/08/2010 14:34:53
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