Publications

Labour Market Review

Winter 2006/07
Includes: Overview of the Reducing Re-offending Partnership South West (RRPSW); Pathway Sub-groups; Offender Learning and Skills Service; European Social Funding Support to Reduce Re-offending; HM Prison Bristol; and labour market data.

Summer 2006
Includes: The European Year of Wokers' Mobility; EURES; facts and stats on the labour market in the south west; an article on skills and learning including qualifications figures.

Winter 2005
Plugging the Literacy and Numeracy Gap; the National Employer Training Programme; Leadership South West; the latest employment, skills and learning related data; skills and learning in schools and higher ed; and the graduate labour market.

Summer 2005
This edition features an article on the Third Age Employment Network - TAEN; diversity in employment; and does the labour market present a demographic time bomb or untapped opportunity?

Hosted External Publications

Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole Partnership
The Economic Intelligence Subgroup of the BDPP produce a tri-annual publication "The Lowdown" presenting key socio-economic intelligence for the region.

Devon & Cornwall LSC
The Devon & Cornwall Learning and Skills Council is one of 47 regional arms responsible for the efficient planning and funding of post-16 learning. Their Research Brief provides a useful summary of reports received in the previous month.

JobCentre Plus
Key facts from Job Centre Plus provides monthly information about unemployment, benefit claimant rates and redundancies in the South West.

Somerset LSC
The Somerset Learning and Skills Council is one of 47 regional arms responsible for the efficient planning and funding of post-16 learning. Their Library Bulletin provides a useful summary of reports received in previous weeks.