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Research and evidence

We aim to invest in projects and programmes that deliver against our objectives.

To make the right investments, we use evidence and research to understand the key opportunities and barriers to growth in the area.

The sectoral employment analysis programme is being undertaken by the Centre for Business Research (CBR), funded by us and Cambridge Ahead. The research analyses the growth of employment in different sectors across Greater Cambridge, giving local partners robust, timely data on local sectors and businesses. It takes the form of updates, analysing data drawn from company accounts over time, designed specifically to understand the challenges facing specific local sectors over the coming months.

 

Greater Cambridge sectoral employment analysis

April 2024

The tenth update was released in April 2024. The data is obtained by sampling the CBR annual corporate database of all businesses based in the wider Cambridge region. It covers a large sample of companies representing over 67% of corporate employment in Greater Cambridge. The median period captures the impact of the onset of recession in the second half of 2023.