Cambridgeshire Local Economic Assessment 2011 Business People Place Cambridge South Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire’s Economic Assessment Business Business...................................................................................................................................... 1 List of figures, maps and tables ................................................................................................ 2 Business SWOT .......................................................................................................................... 3 Business sectors and occupational profile ............................................................................. 4 Business by sector ....................................................................................................................... 4 Jobs by sector .............................................................................................................................. 5 Change in jobs and businesses .................................................................................................... 6 Public sector and knowledge intensive employment .................................................................... 7 Sector niches ................................................................................................................................ 9 The hi-tech ‘community’ in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough .................................................. 11 Cambridge Cluster at 50 ............................................................................................................. 14 Clean technology ........................................................................................................................ 15 Pharmaceuticals ......................................................................................................................... 16 Businesses in creative industries ............................................................................................... 17 Advanced manufacturing ............................................................................................................ 19 Digital economy .......................................................................................................................... 20 Agri-food ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Business Activity and Demography ....................................................................................... 22 Business size and numbers ........................................................................................................ 22 Business density......................................................................................................................... 26 Businesses by employment and turnover ................................................................................... 27 Business age and survival .......................................................................................................... 28 Business creation ....................................................................................................................... 29 Innovation ................................................................................................................................... 31 Employment growth of small businesses ................................................................................... 34 Jobs, Earnings and Productivity ............................................................................................. 35 Total jobs and jobs density ......................................................................................................... 35 Employee jobs and part-time working ........................................................................................ 36 Job growth .................................................................................................................................. 37 Earnings of employees ............................................................................................................... 38 Employment forecasts ................................................................................................................ 40 Cambridgeshire’s gross value added ......................................................................................... 41 Health and productivity ............................................................................................................... 42 GVA forecasts ............................................................................................................................ 43 Trade value................................................................................................................................. 44 Skills Profile and Employer Demand ...................................................................................... 46 Key areas of unmet demand articulated by employers .............................................................. 46 Projected replacement and expansion demand by sector and occupation ................................ 49 Skills for current vacancies ......................................................................................................... 50 Mismatches in skills profile and demand .................................................................................... 50 Key skills challenges .................................................................................................................. 51 - 1 - Cambridgeshire’s Economic Assessment List of figures, maps and tables Figure 1: Businesses in Greater Cambridge by district and industry sector in 2011 at local unit (site) level .................. 4 Figure 2: Employee jobs in Greater Cambridge by district and industry sector in 2010 ................................................. 5 Figure 3: Change in jobs and businesses in Cambridgeshire by industry sector over one year .................................... 6 Figure 4: Workplace population in Greater Cambridge by district and occupation group in Jul 2010-Jun 2011 ............ 8 Figure 5: Growth in GVA and employment in Cambridgeshire between 2001 and 2008 (size of each circle indicates employment within the sector in 2008) ......................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 6: Hi-tech employment and businesses in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in 2008 .................................... 12 Figure 7: Employment in the hi-tech ‘community’ in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in 2000 to 2008 ................... 12 Figure 8: Greater Cambridge Area Cleantech sub-sectors by market value (size of bubble), employment numbers (horizontal axis) and 2008/09 growth (vertical axis) ..................................................................................................... 15 Figure 9: Employees and local units in pharmaceuticals by county in 2008 ................................................................ 16 Figure 10: Employees in pharmaceuticals in Cambridgeshire, East of England and England by year ........................ 16 Figure 11: Employees in creative industries in Cambridgeshire, East of England and England by year ...................... 18 Figure 12: Employees and local units in creative industries by county in 2008 ............................................................ 18 Figure 13: Employees in creative industries in Greater Cambridge by district in 2010 ................................................ 18 Figure 14: Employees and local units in advanced manufacturing by county in 2008 ................................................. 19 Figure 15: Employees in advanced manufacturing in Cambridgeshire, East of England and England by year ........... 19 Figure 16: Employees and local units in digital economy industries by county in 2008 ............................................... 20 Figure 17: Employees in digital economy industries in Cambridgeshire, East of England and England by year ......... 20 Figure 18: Business density (per 10,000 residents aged 16-64) in Greater Cambridge by district in 2011 .................. 26 Figure 19: Average employment and turnover (£ thousand) per enterprise in Greater Cambridge by district in 2009 . 27 Figure 20: Survival of enterprises born in 2005 in Cambridgeshire, East of England and England ............................. 28 Figure 21: Enterprises in Greater Cambridge in 2010 by district and age of business ................................................. 28 Figure 22: Births per 10,000 adult residents in Cambridgeshire, East of England and England by year ..................... 30 Figure 23: Births per 10,000 adult residents in Greater Cambridge by district in 2010 ................................................ 30 Figure 24: Percentage of small businesses in Cambridgeshire, East of England and England showing employment growth by year ............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Figure 25: Percentage of small businesses in Greater Cambridge showing employment growth in 2008 by district ... 34 Figure 26: Jobs density in Greater Cambridge by district in 2009 ................................................................................ 35 Figure 27: Change in total jobs since 2001 in Cambridgeshire, East of England and