The three regions of interest (North East, North West and Yorks & Humber) form a consortium which is undertaking a project entitled "The Northern Way". As part of this project, ONE North East has commissioned TBR to conduct a project that seeks to understand issues associated with the presence (or not) of service businesses within the collective and individual regional economies.
The principal objective of this study is:
In this case, strength and weakness is initially defined by the notion of "presence", i.e. in terms of firms and employment, what exists within the three regions compared with the rest of the UK?
For more details, please contact Owen Buttolph by e-mail, or on 0191 2819955.
TBR have worked with ONE NorthEast on a number of occasions in recent years. Other projects include the Economic Impact of Tourism (for ONE and DCMS) and Measuring GVA in North East clusters.