This page contains information about the local economy for both Nottingham City and the Greater Nottingham area.

The Greater Nottingham Economic Review 2008

The Greater Nottingham Economic Review is produced by the Policy and Information Team in the City's Environment and Regeneration Department.  The Review contains information about the local economy, such as key employment sectors, the supply of labour, workforce qualifications, communications and quality of life.

Greater Nottingham is defined as the area covered by the Greater Nottingham Partnership, i.e. the City of Nottingham, the districts of Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe, and the Hucknall area of Ashfield district.  Greater Nottingham is used because it is a good approximation of the local labour market and the potential market for businesses.

The Review is available in a high resolution and low resolution yersion.  The high resolution version is of higher quality but the low resolution version is easier and quicker to download and print.

Greater Nottingham Economic Review 2008 (high resolution)

Greater Nottingham Economic Review 2008 (low resolution)

Workplace jobs (2006 Annual Business Inquiry)

The Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) is the most comprehensive source of workplace data available.  It includes all organisations except the very small and some charities.  It does not include the self-employed.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey larger companies annually, and smaller companies less frequently on a rolling basis. Organisations provide information on their structures and numbers of employees, and this is used by ONS to estimate jobs figures at a local level.

The latest official estimates from the ABI show there are 296,400 workplace jobs based in Greater Nottingham and 182,400 of these are located within the City.  The numbers of self-employed working in Greater Nottingham exceeds 37,500. (Taken from the Annual Population Survey Workplace Analysis September 2006).

Further information on Greater Nottingham jobs by industry sector is available below.

Greater Nottingham Jobs Report

Errors can occur in the ABI because it is a survey.   Whilst the results have become more reliable in recent years, the City Council has concerns about the results in the mid- to late-90s.  Also, the ABI 2006 appears to have missed between 6,000 and 7,000 jobs from Nottingham City and Greater Nottingham  Further details on issues with the historical dataset are available from the Policy and Information Team.

Largest Employers

A list of the largest employers in the Nottingham area is given below.

Major Employers in Greater Nottingham

The Policy and Information Team only has details of larger companies and organisations.  For detailed company information, including address lists, please contact the Business Library.  Please note there are charges for some of their services.

Output and productivity (2004 Gross Value Added)

There are a number of ways to measure economic activity.  Gross Value Added (GVA) is one such measure that puts a value on the output of goods and services in a year.  Productivity can be measured using per capita GVA, calculated by dividing workplace GVA by the resident population. This also enables activity of areas of different sizes to be compared.

GVA is calculated in a similar way to GDP, but has the advantage of being available at a sub-regional level.

In 2004 the GVA of Greater Nottingham (excluding Hucknall) exceeded £10.7 billlion, an increase of nearly 37.4% since 1999 (including inflation).  Per capita GVA exceeded £17,700, higher than the UK average.  More recent figures for the East Midlands indicate a continued good performance.

Unemployment and Benefits

The benefits bulletin is produced quarterly from Department of Work and Pensions and Claimant Count data. It contains data on unemployment, Incapacity Benefit, Income Support for Lone Parents and all working age benefit claimants relating to Nottingham City, Greater Nottingham and the County as well as smaller areas within the City such as wards and Super Output Areas.

Benefits Bulletin November 2007

Due to data security issues at the Department for Work and Pensions, the February bulletin only contains unemployment data. For other benefits, the November bulletin remains the most up to date

Benefits Bulletin February 2008

The next bulletin for April 2008 data is due in May 2008

This bulletin has replaced the unemployment bulletin which was produced quarterly until January 2007. The extra information here is still available from DWP but the bulletin will no longer be produced.

Unemployment in Nottingham January 2007

Unemployment by Ethnicity.