SKILLS AND THE CARDIFF CITY REGION - Working Links

12 Small Skills and Businesses the Cardiff in Priority City Region Sectors Cardiff Business School and Federation of Small Businesses, Wales 132. ECONOMIC BACKGROUND TO THE SKILLS ANALYSIS Cont.2.2.8 Looking in more depth at the current sectoralcomposition of the Cardiff City Region, Table 7 breaksdown employment by industry. The first point to noteis the high level of employment in industries whereproductivity growth has historically been slow (i.e. thepublic sector and education).2.2.9 Historically, the CCR local authorities have had a relativelyhigh proportion of employment in manufacturing andextractive industries. This has been important in offeringrelatively higher earnings for males. However, the longterm trend has seen rationalisation and restructuring ofthe manufacturing sector, and during the recession themanufacturing base has shrunk even further. Indeedbetween 2008 and 2011 it is estimated that the Cardiff CityRegion area may have lost up to 13,000 manufacturingjobs. Over 5,000 manufacturing jobs were lost in RCT andBridgend alone between 2008 and 2011. Figure 1 shows thesignificant decline of manufacturing over this period.2.2.10 Of growing importance is the retail sector with over91,217 jobs. As highlighted above, the CCR has high levelsof employment in the public sector comprising publicadministration, education and health. With such a largeproportion of jobs connected to public expenditure, asignificant problem for the CCR is the UK government’scuts programme, which will continue apace until the nextgeneral election.Figure 1. Manufacturing Decline in CCR2.2.11 Declining employment across the CCR is the definingtrend across the period 2008-2010, although there is someindication of recovery in the latest figures. Full-time workhas been decreasing more rapidly than part time work.There is also evidence that the public sector has not seenthe declines of the private sector across the region. Overallthere is a great deal of variation between local authoritieswithin the CCR. These changes in the employment basewill have a marked impact on the future growth potentialof local authorities across the CCR, with implications forpatterns of skills demand going forward.Source: ONS, BRES, [NOMIS]Table 7: Industry employment 2010 CCR Area2008Source: ONS, BRES80,000industry EmploymentManufacturing,Constructionand ExtractionPublicAdministration 7.9and DefenceFinancial andinsuranceBusinessAdministration &Support ServicesRetailOtherSevicesEducation& HealthTotalBlaenau Gwent5,1251,2681736482,7403,3394,83518,1282009BridgendCaerphilly10,65514,8053,9314,1911,1336813,5123,8038,8717,13410,2208,13513,54810,70851,87049,45766,000Cardiff20,90216,11012,40018,22828,32848,36547,554191,927Merthyr TydfilMonmouthshire3,3515,4022,3298931874221,0911,1513,9195,7244,4658,1876,9459,42822,28731,2072010Newport14,1665,8043,8035,50812,41814,02316,76472,48663,000RCT15,3532,7258642,90711,91114,77923,82372,362The Vale of Glamorgan5,7161,9505162,2095,2879,32011,43636,434Torfaen7,9683,9073791,5964,8855,4219,53333,6892011CCR103,44343,10820,59840,65391,217126,254154,574579,84767,000