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