Partnership Conference on Employment

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Partnership Conference on EmploymentTackling
Inequalities
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Councillor Mark MacmillanLeader of Renfrewshire
Council

• Partnership Conference on EmploymentTackling
  Inequalities

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• Renfrewshires Economy
• David Martin
• Chief Executive, Renfrewshire Council

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• Invest in Renfrewshire is a commitment between
  Renfrewshire Council and the areas business
  community to reduce youth unemployment and grow
  the local economy.

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Renfrewshire's Working Age Population

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• All people in Renfrewshire 174,300
• All Working Age (16-64) 113,300
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  Renfrewshire
  Scotland
• Economically Active 86,600
  77.2 77.0
• Of which
• In Employment (total) 80,600
  71.7 71.0
• In Employment (employees) 71,300
  63.9 62.7
• In Employment (self employed) 8,400
  7.1 7.6
• Unemployed and looking for work 7,000
  8.0 7.7
• Economically Inactive 25,100
• Of which
• Wants a job 5,700

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• Looking back to pre-recession figures...
• how have we fared?

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All People in Employment, Renfrewshire
of people in employment
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• In Employment made up of employees and
  self-employed
• The rise in employment in Renfrewshire is
  primarily due to the increase in those securing
  work as employees
• Self employment rates are still lower in
  Renfrewshire but this has significantly improved
  over the last year.

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All people In employment (Self employed)
Renfrewshire
of people who are self employed
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All people (unemployed), Renfrewshire
of people who are unemployed
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• How has our position changed over the last 2
  years?

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Over the last two years Youth (18-24)
Unemployment rate drops from 10.4 to 5.8
June 2012 10.4 Renfrewshire ranked 26th out of
32 local authorities for youth unemployment. June
2013 8.6 Renfrewshire ranked 23rd out of
32 June 2014 5.8 Renfrewshire ranked 19th out
of 32
of young people unemployed
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Adult unemployment over the last two years

• Adult (25 49) unemployment rate drops from 5.4
  to 3.7
• Renfrewshire previously 1.3 higher than national
  average, now 0.9 higher
• Renfrewshire's ranking moves from 26th to 23rd
  in Scotland for adult unemployment
• Adult (50) unemployment rate drops from 2.6 to
  2.2
• The gap between the Renfrewshire and national
  figures has not changed still 0.5 higher
• Renfrewshire's ranking has improved slightly
  from 26th to 25th in Scotland for older adult 50
  unemployment

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• All very positive news.
• However....

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DWP benefit claimantsNumber of claimants in
Ferguslie and Renfrewshire
Ferguslie Ferguslie Renfrewshire
Total 995 34.7 17.2
Job seekers 230 8.0 3.8
ESA incapacity 470 16.4 8.7
Lone parents 125 4.4 1.2
Carers 90 3.1 1.3
Other income related benefit 10 0.3 0.3
Disabled 60 2.1 1.5
Bereaved 10 0.3 0.3
October 2013 figures
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Over the last two years Total JSA Claimants
in Renfrewshire and Ferguslie
unemployed
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Other Priority Groups with lower employment
prospects

• Commission for Developing Scotland's Young
  Workforce
• Care Leavers
• (In 2013 1 in 3 were unemployed 9 months after
  leaving school)
• Black and Ethnic Minority Groups
• (In 2012/13 less than 2 of MA starts were from
  non-white BME groups)
• People with a disability
• (In 2012 only 41.3 were employed)

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• New Developments

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Glasgow City Deal

• A range of infrastructure projects capable of
  generating significant economic benefit for the
  Glasgow City Region.
• Projects under consideration in
• Renfrewshire include
• a. Glasgow Airport Investment Zone
• b. Clyde Waterfront / Renfrew North
• c. Glasgow airport rail link
• A programme to improve
• employment is also
• under consideration tackling
• - health and unemployment
• - youth unemployment
• - In Work Progression

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Town Centre Developments

• Paisley Town Centre
• Heritage Regeneration Strategy
• Arnotts development
• Westpoint Homes
• Russell Institute
• Johnstone Town Centre
• New Town Hall and civic hub
• Braehead
• 200million investment that will create 5,000
  jobs

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Growth in Retail

• ROF Bishopton
• 40,000sqft retail store at the centre of the
  emerging Dargavel Village
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• Tesco Linwood
• over 250 new jobs
• Renfrew Road Retail Park
• 150 - 200 new jobs
• Retail Improvement Scheme
• Over 60 Shops supported across Renfrewshire

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Simplified Planning Zone at Hillington
Industrial Park

• Encourage investment
• No impediments to business growth or inward
  investment