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The Productivity Challenge

LIS Priority Sectors

The Cumbria LEP identifies 9 key sectors of the Cumbrian economy. These are: Advanced Manufacturing, Construction,
Creative, Culture, Digital and Digital, Health and Social Care, Logistics, Professional Services, Rural and Food Production,

Nuclear, and the Visitor Economy. Given Barrow’s relative strengths in energy production, we have added the Energy sector to
this analysis. The analysis of the relative importance of these key sectors in Barrow
reveals:
Local Industrial Strategy Priority Sectors – Growth
and Specialisation in Barrow ▪ Advanced manufacturing is a significant employer in Barrow, as
illustrated by absolute, relative and growing importance

▪ The energy sector is relatively small in absolute terms, but has
grown rapidly (43%) and has an LQ of 1.8

Low Presence, High Growth
▪ The health and social care sector is a significant employer of
4,500 but has experienced a decrease in employment of 10% since

High Presence, High Growth
2013
▪ The Creative, Culture and Digital sector is nascent, registering

strong growth (+25%), but remaining a relatively modest part of
Barrow’s employment base

▪ Professional services is a relatively large employer (2,000

employees) but the sector is under-represented in Barrow and has
not grown since 2013.
High Presence, Low Growth
Low Presence, Low Growth
▪ Similarly, the visitor economy is an important sector in
employment terms (1,750) but is under-represented and has
experienced no growth in the past 5 years.
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Data source: BRES, ONS (2019)