We are pleased to announce that a special briefing on the performance of South West priority sectors is now available.

The Regional Economic Strategy (RES) for South West England 2006-2015 identifies eight priority sectors for more focussed support to address market or institutional failure, add value and, over time, make a significant difference to the regional economy.  This article provides an update on the state of each of the priority sectors given the trends of the pre-recession years

• The report considers the performance of the SW priority sectors, largely between 2002 and 2007.
• It confirms their underlying economic structure, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses and the potential for future gains.
• It has found that the performance of the sectors has been variable with some performing strongly and improving their position relative to other SW industries and to the sector nationally, while others have shown little change and, in some cases, a decline in relative position.
• The report highlights some important variation sub-regionally, implying that although some sectors’ performance may have weakened for the region as a whole, particular sub-regions continue to perform strongly.

To read the whole report, please follow the link bellow.