Resource Library

Briefing

17.09.24

Regional Trade in Goods: Year Ending Q2 2024

This briefing provides figures on the value of trade in goods for the Midlands for the year ending June 2024 - this includes data on goods exported and imported, goods by Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) and Country Groups.

Briefing

17.09.24

Regional Growth Tracker – September 2024

This briefing provides an update on regional results from the recent NatWest regional growth tracker report on business activity for August 2024

Briefing

11.09.24

Claimant Count – September 2024

Statistics to August 2024 for those in receipt of Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance within our area

Briefing

06.09.24

Place-based Growth in the Midlands – Summer Economic Briefing

What does place-based growth look like across the Midlands? What strengths does the region already have? And what should we be doing now to ensure place-based growth delivers on the promise of a more prosperous future for our region?

Briefing

20.08.24

Regional Growth Tracker – August 2024

This briefing provides an update on regional results from the recent NatWest regional growth tracker report on business activity for July 2024

Briefing

13.08.24

Claimant Count – August 2024

Statistics to July 2024 for those in receipt of Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance within our area

Briefing

05.08.24

Regional Economic Impact Monitor – Executive Summary July 2024

Welcome to the 50th edition of the Regional Economic Impact Monitor. As this month welcomes a new government, let’s look back over the past few years of economic monitors in the Midlands Engine. The Monitor began in March 2020 on a bi-weekly basis, covering the immediate impacts on businesses, households and the economy as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold.

Monitor

05.08.24

Regional Economic Impact Monitor – Edition 50

Our 50th edition of the Monitor comes at a time where the evidence suggests the economic shocks of the last five years are winding down as businesses get back onto a growth footing and the economy is at a turning point in the cycle and the worst of the crisis is behind us. The latest monitor covers the latest labour market related challenges, a series of work on the green transition and also follows up on previous reports on investment across the UK and the Midlands.

Briefing

24.07.24

Overview – Midlands King’s Award Network Launch

An overview of the programme, themes and ambition of the upcoming Midlands King's Awards Network Launch.

Briefing

19.07.24

Claimant Count – July 2024

Statistics to June 2024 for those in receipt of Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance within our area

Document

19.07.24

Midlands Engine Vision for Growth

Briefing

18.07.24

Oxford Economic Model – Baseline forecast for the Midlands

The Oxford Economics Model (OEM) provides access to Oxford Economics’ baseline forecasts, which reflect Oxford Economics’ views of the economy, including the impact of the cost-of-living crisis, as well as other factors like the UK’s exit from the European Union.