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Trading Places
By
Ilona Serwicka
,
Paul Swinney
| 25 August 2016
Trading Places
By
Ilona Serwicka
,
Paul Swinney
| 25 August 2016
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Figure Figure 1: City centres, suburbs, hinterlands and the rural areas of Britain
Figure Box 1: Defining city centres, suburbs, hinterlands and rural areas
The geography of businesses and jobs in Britain
Figure 1. The national economy is concentrated in cities, and particularly in city centres
Figure Figure 2: Distribution of businesses and jobs across the four geographies, 2015
Figure 2. Britain’s service exporters tend to locate in cities, while goods exporters are more inclined to locate outside cities
Figure Box 2: Characteristics of goods exporters, services exporters and local services
Figure Figure 3: Where businesses in different sectors choose to locate, 2015
Figure Box 3: The location of the public sector across the four geographies, 2015
Figure Figure 4: The industrial profile of the four geographies, 2015
Figure Box 4: Differences between cities and rural areas: case study of Manchester and beyond
Figure 3. Service-exporting jobs in city centres tend to be more highly skilled
Figure Figure 5: Occupational profile of jobs in service exporters across the four geographies, 2011
Figure Figure 6: Occupational profile of jobs in goods exporters across the four geographies, 2011
Figure 4. City centre businesses tend to be larger than in other areas
Figure Figure 7: Average firm size across four geographies, 2015
Figure 5. Foreign firms are even more likely to choose a city centre location
Figure Figure 8: Distribution of domestic and foreign businesses and jobs across four geographies, 2015
Key statistics
Businesses locate where they do because of agglomeration
Figure Figure 9: Trade-offs firms consider when deciding where to locate
Figure The export base of Britain has concentrated in cities in recent years
Figure Figure 10: Percentage change in the number of businesses and jobs by industry across four geographies, 1998-2015
Figure Figure 11: Change in the total export base, 1998-2015
Implications for policy
Conclusion
Appendix: definition of goods exporters, services exporters and local services
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Figure Services exporters
Figure Local services
Figure Unallocated
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12: Where workers live, 2011 (%)
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