Welcome to SLIM's Recession Watch pages. Here you can find the latest figures on redundancies by industry sector or unitary authority. Download data tables, GIS maps, interactive charts and statistics on the impacts of the recession - use the links on the right to access further resources.

May 2010 Recession Briefing SLIM, May 2010 [.pdf 1.5MB]       Download: latest data
January 2010 Recession Briefing SLIM, Jan 2010 [.pdf 1.7MB]
November 2009 Recession Briefing SLIM, Nov 2009 [.pdf 1.7MB]
September 2009 Recession Briefing SLIM, Sep 2009 [.pdf 1.63MB]
August 2009 Recession Briefing SLIM, Aug 2009 [.pdf 531KB]
July 2009 Recession Briefing SLIM, Jul 2009 [.pdf 389KB]
Baseline Report SLIM, Jun 2009 [.pdf 277KB]
Training and Business Survival During Recession SLIM, Dec 2008 [.pdf 93KB]

KeyFacts - provides monthly information about unemployment, benefit claimant rates and redundancies in the South West.
Jobcentre Plus, Archive [.asp 15KB]

Regional Monthly Data - provides latest employment; unemployment; economic activity and inactivity; and claimant count data, for the South West at sub-regional levels on a monthly basis.
ONS, Archive [.asp 24KB]

Statistical First Releases (South West) -
ONS, Archive [.asp 16KB]

The Credit Crunch and Recession in Rural Communities provides regular reports about the impacts of the economic downturn on rural businesses, employment and households.
Commission for Rural Communities [.htm 20KB]

Economics Monitor provides a montly update of key UK economic trends including GDP, employment and inflation.
Business & Economy Module, South West Observatory [.htm 32KB]

Full Report - SLIM, 2008 [.pdf 2.7MB]
What's Changed? - SLIM, 2006 [.pdf 307KB]
Download the full report - SLIM, 2005 [.asp 16KB]
Download the executive summary - SLIM, 2005 [.pdf 46KB]
Regional Snapshot - ONS [.pdf 235KB]
The Labour Market Handbook - SLIM [.pdf 239KB]

Recession Britain - ESRC, September 2009 [.pdf 1.72MB]
Green Jobs Strategy for Wales - Welsh Assembly, July 2009 [.pdf 487KB]
Recession Generation - SIRC for Friends Provident, July 2009 [.pdf 238KB]
The growth of claimant unemployment by broad occupation and area - Local Government Association, June 2009 [.pdf 619KB]
Recession in England - Sector Skills Alliance, May 2009 [.doc 469KB]
UK employment and skills in a global recession - LSN, May 2009 [.pdf 391KB]
Review of evidence on the impact of economic downturn on disadvantaged groups - DWP, May 2009 [.pdf 1.14MB]
The impact of the recession on the labour market - ONS, May 2009 [.pdf 500KB]
Sectors and the Impact of the Recession - Asset Skills, Apr 2009 [.doc 93KB]
Active Industrial Policy: Building a Competitive, Sustainable Economy - TUC, Mar 2009 [.doc 610KB]
The Geography of Unemployment: How the recession has affected different cities - Ideopolis, Feb 2009 [.pdf 112KB]
Generic Employability Skills - Guide - SLIM, Feb 2007 [.pdf 788KB]
Generic Employability Skills - Full Report - SLIM, Feb 2007 [.pdf 400KB]

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Recession Archives

Recession Presentations
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Labour Market Updates
Regional Labour Market Reports
Local Labour Market Reports
NESS 2009
JobCentre Plus Data
Office of National Statistics