The Leeds Economy Handbook brings together a wide range of economic information and statistics on Leeds.
The Leeds Economy Bulletin, which is produced quarterly, provides current information on economic developments, while the Leeds Economy Briefing Notes provide an in-depth update to specific topics included in the Handbook. These are available at www.leeds.gov.uk/economy
The following chapters are available as pdfs on this page:
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Audit Commission indicators: Economic regeneration indicators
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National and Regional: International and national economic environment and Yorkshire and Humber regional economy
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Leeds City Region: Sub national review, Multi Area Agreement, eco-towns and new growth points, transport governance, integrated infrastructure; and travel to work statistics
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** Leeds Economy: GVA and productivity, business stock and entrepreneurship, major organisations, and historical developments
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** Leeds Labour Market: Labour demand, labour supply
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Learning and skills: Compulsory education, learning and skills, further and higher education
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** Ward Based Information: Unemployment, council benefits, Deprivation
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Equality and Diversity: Minority ethnic groups, faith communities
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Sectors of the Economy: Sectorial analysis
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Sustainable Development: What is sustainable development? - national, regional, local
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Planning: The planning system
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** Property market: Leeds property market, employment land
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** The City Centre: Employment, population and housing, mixed-use developments, retail, offices, culture, hotels
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Transport: Transport links, strategies and initiatives
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Regeneration: Area management, neighbourhood management, regeneration resources, tackling worklessness, major regeneration programmes
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Housing: Leeds housing market background, housing markets, housing tenure 1991-2007, delivering affordable housing growth, improving existing housing stock, construction sector
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Strategies and funding: European level, national level, regional level, local level
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Business support: Business support in Leeds
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Further information:Sources of information, contact, and data sets
The Handbook is only available in electronic format.
** These chapters have been partially updated to include new data available in 2009.