Gateshead local economic assessment
Economic growth, Local Authority, Place, Research, analysis and evidence, Sectors, Skills and labour markets
Gateshead Council asked a consortium of Kada Research, Ortus Economic Research and Aspinall Verdi to produce an independent local economic assessment for the borough. The purpose was to equip the council and its partners with a common understanding of local economic conditions, economic geography and the factors that impact on economic growth. Based on extensive data analysis and consultation with stakeholders, the assessment incorporated a range of themes including: Economic and spatial analysis, looking at the overall performance and competitiveness of the Gateshead economy, including spatial distribution. This examined business stocks and flows, business performance and constraints, the linkages between FE colleges and universities and local businesses, job quantity and quality, mobilisation of the local workforce, employee and resident wages and income and wealth inequalities. The analysis also looked at…