Economic intelligence
Economic development and growth activity is, quite rightly, increasingly evidence based. The County Council and its partners have therefore established and are maintaining a range of economic intelligence datasets.
Economic key performance indicator graphs
1a. Annual Job Growth 2001-05| (
PDF document opens in new window)
1b. Job Growth 2002-05 comparison in the region| ( PDF document opens in new window)
2a. Familiarity and Favourability| ( PDF document opens in new window)
2b. Familiarity and Favourability comparison in the Region| ( PDF document opens in new window)
3a. New businesses VAT registrations| ( PDF document opens in new window)
3b. Entrepreneurship rate| ( PDF document opens in new window)
4a. GVA per job| (job quality) ( PDF document opens in new window)
4b. GVA per job (job quality) comparison in region| ( PDF document opens in new window)
5a. Working age population in employment| ( PDF document opens in new window)
5b. Working age population in employment comparison in the region |( (PDF document opens in new window)
Facts and Figures|
Unemployment Quarterly|
The Bedfordshire & Luton Economic Development Partnership commissioned an employment study in 2004, a copy of the final report (April 2005) and appendicies is below under related documents.
Two studies of UK business perceptions of Bedfordshire have been commissioned in 2006 and 2007.
The Reports are: