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Economic and business statistics

Investment and Regeneration - September 2012
business@kirklees.gov.uk

Kirklees Council produce regular statistics on the local economy and labour market and uses these to predict trends, draft strategies, make forecasts for the local area and plan initiatives and projects. Below you will find the Kirklees Integrated Investment Strategy, drafted in December 2010, and the 2010 Kirklees Economic Assessment draft.


Additional documents below include the latest economic data that is available; they are all published as PDF (Portable Document Format) documents. If you cannot access the files on this page then you need to install the free Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded from the Adobe web site.

Kirklees Integrated Investment Strategy

This strategy is a framework for investment which sets out the priorities for how the Council will allocate its resources and attract external investment to improve the lives of all Kirklees residents.
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Kirklees Local Economic Assessment

The Kirklees Local Economic Assessment provides relevant and up-to-date information and intelligence about the Kirklees area and in particular, its economy. Download the summary and full document.
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Labour market data

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Latest unemployment statistics

December 2010 update

The number of people claiming jobseekers allowance increased by 181 between November and December, which is an increase of 2%. However, the number remains lower than this time last year.


At ward level, most of the increases were concentrated in North Kirklees. North Kirklees also continued to have the highest levels of unemployed under 25 year olds.


Unemployment figures are based on the number of people claiming job seekers' allowance (JSA).

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