industries: local labour market
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Industries:Our Local Labour
Market
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Overview
Suffolk consists mostly of small to medium sizedbusinesses.
Suffolk is below average in levels of qualifications
Pay rates below average compared to rest of the UK Low rates of unemployment (compared to other
parts of UK)
Pockets of high deprivationLowestoft, Haverhill,
Forest Heath, parts of Ipswich Population is fairly static
Ageing population - potential skills gaps
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Can you match these employment areas with %
of people employed in Suffolk?
Retail 6.5%
Public Administration and Defence 17.6%
Hospitality 12.6%
Construction 12.1%
Education 5.6%
Transportation and Storage 9.3%
Health & Social Care 6.5%
Manufacturing 7.1%
Tourism 7.7%
Banking, Insurance & Finance 15.1%
Administration 9.4%
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Main Employment Areas
Retail17.6%
Transportation & communications7.7%
Hospitality6.5%
Health and Social Care - 12.6%
Education9.3% Manufacturing - 12.1%
Administration7.1%
Banking, Finance & Insurance 15.1
Tourism9.4% Public administration and Defence5.6%
Construction6.5%
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What are their
employmentoptions?
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What can you find
out about the
industry you want
to work in?
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Main Growth Areas
Energy
Health & Social Care
Port and Logistics
Advanced Engineering
ICT
Biotechnology
Tourism
Creative Media
Food & Drink
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Energy
Offshore Wind, Oil & Gas,
Nuclear
Lowestoftstrategic importance
Sizewell B/C
12,000 people employed
400 offshore energy companies
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Biotechology
Haverhill/Cambridge/Newmarket
CEFASLowestoft
3,000 people employed36 companies
UCS developing biotech laboratoryBiotech predicted to be one of fastest
growing sectors in UK
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Food, Drink and Agriculture
Growing, production, processing,
packaging, distribution, festivals and
tourism
19,000 people employed
3,000 companies
Links with tourism and hospitality sectors
SkillsSTEM, customer service,
entrepreneurship, creativity
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Tourism
Coastline, countryside, historic
towns, visitor attractions, festivals,
culture30,000 people employed
2,000 companies2012 Olympics; proximity to London
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Port and Logistics
UKs fifth biggest industry
Road, rail, air, seadistribution and
storage13,000 people employed
1,000 companies
Key areasFelixstowe, Harwich,Ipswich, Lowestoft, A14 corridor
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Useful Resources
Commercial software
www.cascaid.co.uk
(Kudos and Careerscape)www.uexplore.com
www.fasttomato.com
www.pathfinderlive.co.uk
Free Suffolk resources
www.thesource.me.uk
www.future4me.org.uk
Free National resources
https://nationalcareersservice.
direct.gov.uk
www.plotr.co.uk
www.apprenticeships.org.ukwww.ucas.co.uk
www.notgoingtouni.co.uk
www.prospects.ac.uk
www.icould.com
www.careersbox.com
www.careersworld.co.uk
Directgov helpline:
0800 100 900
(Text: 07766 413 219)
http://www.cascaid.co.uk/http://www.uexplore.com/http://www.fasttomato.com/http://www.pathfinderlive.co.uk/http://www.thesource.me.uk/http://www.future4me.org.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/http://www.plotr.co.uk/http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/http://www.ucas.co.uk/http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/http://www.prospects.ac.uk/http://www.icould.com/http://www.careersbox.com/http://www.careersworld.co.uk/http://www.careersworld.co.uk/http://www.careersbox.com/http://www.icould.com/http://www.prospects.ac.uk/http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/http://www.ucas.co.uk/http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/http://www.plotr.co.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/http://www.future4me.org.uk/http://www.thesource.me.uk/http://www.pathfinderlive.co.uk/http://www.fasttomato.com/http://www.uexplore.com/http://www.cascaid.co.uk/