PBS means Business
Economic Regeneration
The core expertise in economic development in the Business School is in our Centre for Local and Regional Analysis (CLREA) with whom CERI collaborates. Exterpise includes: economic impact analysis, sector studies, area-based economic profiles, survey design, execution and analysis, economic development policy analysis and formulation and database management and analysis.
The way in which we might help you
Economic impact analysis
- CLREA has conducted a wide range economic impact analyses based on bespoke input-output models. These have been used to analyse the economic impact of specific industry sectors (eg. tourism, construction and defence) specific companies (FSL, Rolls Royce, Meridian TV, Portsmouth Football Club, Chichester Festival Theatre) and specific events (The Tour de France and D-Day celebrations).
Sector studies
- CLREA has analysed the prospects of a wide range of industrial sectors using both quantitative and qualitative methods to determine their likely impact on host local economies and labour markets. Examples include marine and engineering, fishing, construction and business services. More recently CLREA undertook cluster validation for City Growth Portsmouth.
Area-based economic profiles
- CLREA has been producing Informing our Future for Hampshire Economic Partnership. This is the fourth year that CLREA has undertaken the authorship of this compendium, which has been accepted as the most informative analysis of the Hampshire local economy (including Portsmouth and Southampton) available to business leaders, policy makers and research professionals in a single issue. The Centre also produced the economic profiles of all West Sussex coastal authority areas as a baseline for their economic development strategies.
Interviews and surveys
- Structured face-to-face interviews, self-completion paper and on-line questionnaires have been used with employers, their staff and the general public throughout West Sussex, Hampshire and Dorset to acquire primary data for research projects. These have included workforce development training evaluation, recruitment and retention and visitor expenditure.
Economic development policy analysis and formulation
- CLREA is regularly asked to act as expert witnesses in relation to economic development policy formulation. In addition, the Centre provides guidance on analyses of complex datasets and interpretation of data. The Centre has also authored complete economic development strategies for local authorities and advised on the structure and roles of embryonic economic development departments. Inevitable much of the work undertaken also has policy implications and these are often commercially and politically confidential, these are handled with sensitivity and confidentiality.
Database management and analysis
There is also considerable experience of constructing and handling detailed datasets.
- Cross-sectional datasets
- Longitudinal (panel) datasets
- Duration/Survival datasets
- Time series datasets
Benefit
As in independent research centre, CLREA is able to provide a rigorous, clear and unbiased view without the need to satisfy vested interests.
Cost
Cost of employment/hour for the relevant expert.
Our expert in this area
Jeff Grainger is Director of the Centre for Local and Regional Economic Analysis. He has undertaken research studies for private companies and local and county authorities throughout the south of England.
Our track record of success
One of many examples is the annual 'Informing our Future' report produced for Hampshire Ecomonic Partnership. "The University-produced report is now well established as a key source of trends, challenges and issues, both globally and locally, that are currently influencing business performance in Hampshire", Simon Ward, Chairman.
For more information, please contact Allyson Hunt.