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The Productivity Challenge

Employment and Business Base

The upper right quadrant of the adjacent figure

Barrow’s Employment Strengths, 2013-18 illustrates that employment in Barrow exhibits
specialisation in three sectors:

+ Manufacturing is important in both
absolute and relative terms, as it employed

9,805 individuals in Barrow in 2018 and has
Low Presence, High Growth High Presence, High Growth
a LQ of 3.98 (where England = 1.0). It also
grew significantly (21%) between 2013-18.

+ Retail employed 4,370 individuals, has a
LQ of 1.26 and grew by 19%.

+ Utilities and waste is less significant in
absolute terms (employed 425 individuals),
but exhibits relative importance with an LQ
of 1.22. Crucially, it grew significantly by
Low Presence, Low Growth High Presence, Low Growth
42% between 2013-2018.

Source: BRES, ONS, 2019 Note: Figures based on Barrow LA. The Employment LQ is defined against England where England = 1.0