The East of Scotland Labour Market Information (LMI) project provides the following downloadable reports:

ANNUAL REPORT 2004/5 (posted May and June 2005)

The 2004/5 annual report is in two main sections. Section 1 and 2 (565 KB) provide a commentary of the findings from the annual LMEI monitoring exercise.

Sections 3-11 (2,811 KB PDF) present (using maps, tables and charts) economic and labour market data for the Programme area disaggregated to local authority level (where available). These sections cover a wide range of topics structured as follows:

Section 3: economic overview
Section 4: employee jobs
Section 5: earnings
Section 6: entrepreneurship/VAT
Section 7: demography
Section 8: employment and forecasts
Section 9: unemployment
Section 10: skills and qualifications
Section 11: social inclusion and benefits.

If you wish to use any of the maps, charts etc from this pdf document, please contact Peter Larsen at peter.larsen@yellowbookltd.com and he will forward these to you as a Word or Excel file.

COMMUTING AND MIGRATION IN THE EAST OF SCOTLAND
SEMINAR (FEBRUARY 2005)
The seminar in the Dundee Contemporary Art’s Centre provided a detailed account – presented at local authority level – of migration and travel to work patterns in the East of Scotland, with particular focus on the role of the cities as employment providers.  The levels of in and out-commuting for each local authority area were analysed and a comparison between the characteristics of each area’s workforce and its working-age resident population was provided.   John Lord of yellow book presented the seminar. Professor Greg Lloyd, Head of the School of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Dundee and Director of The Geddes Institute provided a commentary on the research findings. The presentation and individual local authority commuting and migration profiles are available to download below. A short report and a summary of the workshop findings will be posted shortly.
Commuting Seminar Presentation (PowerPoint)1,866 KB
Profiles for: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Midlothian, Moray, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, West Lothian ( all as Word documents, approximately 185 KB each).

THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SERVICE SECTOR ECONOMY SEMINAR (November 2004)
The seminar, which was held at Falkirk Football Stadium in November 2004, provided a detailed account – presented at local authority level – of trends in service sector employment focussing on changes in tradeable and knowledge-based sectors including financial services, professional and business services, education, research and development, healthcare and tourism. These industries are driving employment growth in Scotland and are making an increasing contribution to wealth creation and export earnings. The seminar was presented by John Lord of yellow book and Mark Hepworth of the Local Futures Group. Local Futures Group has recently concluded a major study for Scottish Enterprise on The Geography of the Scottish Knowledge Economy. A short report by yellow book, the Local Futures Group report and the respective presentations are available for downloading.
East of Scotland Tradeable Service Sectors PDF (149KB)
The Geography of the Scottish Knowledge Economy PDF (1950KB)
Local Futures Presentation (PowerPoint) 1614KB
yellow book presentation (PowerPoint) 735KB

NEW LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION WEBSITE
A new online source of labour market information has been developed by Futureskills Scotland in collaboration with the European Structural Funds Division in the Executive. Called Key Indicators, the website collates a wide range of information with respect to population, skills, business, unemployment and social deprivation for Scotland. Up-to-date information is available by LEC and local authority area and comparisons can be made to Scotland and the UK as well as to European Structural Funds programme area. Please click here to enter. http://www.keyindicators.org.uk (Note this will take you to an external website.)

LARGE-SCALE REDUNDANCIES SEMINAR (Autumn 2003)
The seminar, which was held at the at Callander House in Falkirk in November 2003, reviewed the impact on local labour markets of recent large-scale redundancies (LSRs) in the Programme area. John Lord of yellow book presented data gathered by the ESEP labour market service and case study material from recent plant closures. Professor Alan McGregor, Director of the Training & Employment Research Unit (TERU) at the University of Glasgow provided an expert commentary on the issues raised in the presentation, illustrating how the impact of LSRs is governed by the characteristics of the workforce and the local labour market. Delegates participated in a workshop where the issues and challenges for public sector bodies and policy makers presented by the large-scale redundancies were discussed.
Large Scale Redundancies Seminar PDF (1139 KB) and Large-Scale Redundancies Power Point Presentation (378 KB)

THE NEW ECONOMY SEMINAR (Autumn 2003)
The seminar, which was held at Dundee College in October 2003, examined the emergence of a "new economy", based (among others) on high value services, digital media, biotechnology and other science-based industries. The presentation reviewed the nature of structural change in the Programme area in the past decade, focusing on key industry clusters. Among the themes discussed were: regional strengths and competitive advantage; lagging sectors; the role of cities as drivers of change; skills gaps and shortages. This was followed by a short commentary by Ron Botham, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development at the University of Glasgow's Training and Employment Research Unit (TERU). Delegates participated in a workshop where the issues and challenges presented by the new economy were discussed.
New Economy Seminar PDF (1117 KB) and New Economy Seminar Presentation Powerpoint (365 KB)

RURAL ECONOMY SEMINAR (Autumn 2003)
This was the first in a series of three seminars scheduled for the Autumn
of 2003. The seminar, which was held at the Fraseburgh Lighthouse Museum in
September 2003, examined the evidence of change in the economy and labour
markets of rural areas in the East of Scotland. A presentation of labour
market data was followed by a short commentary by Professor Mark
Shucksmith, Co-Director of the Arkleton Centre for Rural Development at the
University of Aberdeen. Delegates participated in a workshop where the
issues and challenges facing rural areas were discussed.
(Workshop Paper 38KB PDF and Powerpoint Presentation 1238 KB)

THE FOOD AND DRINK SECTOR IN THE EAST OF SCOTLAND (April 2003)
Food and drink production is one of Scotland's most important industries,
and one of the Objective 2 Programme's strategic sectors. This briefing
paper was prepared for a seminar at the Dundee Contemporary Centre for the
Arts (DCA) in April 2003, and draws on work undertaken for the Strategic
Sector Reports and LMI Annual Report. (441 KB)

ANNUAL REPORT (Winter 2002/03)
The final output from the 2002/03 LMI project is a detailed and
comprehensive annual report. This covers a wider range of topics and
data sources than the preceding reports, and provides more in-depth
analysis. (988 KB)

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Autumn 2002)
The focus of this report is on the Community Economic Development (CED)
priority of the Programme. The report offers a concise review of CED
policy and objectives, and looks at project examples, synthesising elements
of transferable good practice in using CED activities to promote economic
cohesion in disadvantages areas. (1,112 KB)

STRATEGIC SECTOR REPORTS (Summer 2002)
These six reports offer a concise overview of the scale and nature of the six sectors targeted in the East of Scotland Objective 2 Programme. Each profile highlights recent performance and key issues for the future development of the sector, and reviews key national policies for the sector. (526 KB)

SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE (Winter/Spring 2002)
This report is the first of four scheduled outputs in the 2002 East of Scotland Labour Market Information (LMI) project. The profile provides a wide-ranging coverage of LMI topics and draws out key points. It is not intended to examine every issue or geographic area in depth. (422 KB)