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Regional ProfileHuddersfield

& Yorkshire

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Overview of Huddersfield

Economy of Yorkshire

Regional Growth Fund

Summary

Huddersfield & Yorkshire

Regional Profile:Huddersfield &

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Overview of HuddersfieldSummary of Huddersfield and its history

Huddersfield is a town of Victorian architecture. Huddersfield

railway station is a Grade I listed building described by John

Betjeman as ‘the most splendid station façade in England’ second

only to St Pancras, London. The station in St George’s Square was

renovated at a cost of £4 million and subsequently won the Europa

Nostra award for European architecture.

The town is known for its role in the Industrial Revolution, it played

a huge part, as a group of people known as the ‘Luddites’ attacked

the local mills due to fear of losing their weaving jobs when

machines were first introduced to the factories. It is also known for

being the birthplaces of rugby league, British Labour Prime Minister

Harold Wilson, and the international film star James Mason.

Taylor and Lodge are one of the oldest wool manufacturers in

the country situated only ten minutes away from Huddersfield

University. The company are still manufacturing high volumes of wool

each day and provided material for the wedding of Kate Middleton and

Prince William in 2011.

Huddersfield is a town in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber, with a population of 162,949.

The closest major cities include Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Stoke-on-Trent. (Post code

district HD1-5, HD7-8.)

The local economy of Huddersfield has been based around high quality products in engineering,

textiles, chemicals and foodstuffs, but more recently has diversified into a broader spread of

manufacturing and service industries, nevertheless also retaining a level of the original industries.

There has been a settlement in Huddersfield for over 4,000 years. The remains of a Roman fort were unearthed in the mid 18th century at Slack near Outlane, west of the town. Castle Hill, a major landmark, was the site of an Iron Age hill fort.


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Overview | Economy | Regional Growth Fund | Summary

Skills, facts and figures:

• At 77.5%, the proportion of the working

age population that is economically

active is higher than the national average

• Nearly 55,000 people of working age live

within a 30 minute commute

• Within a 60-minute drive-time of Huddersfield, there are 3.2 million people of

working age

• 31% of the working population are educated to NVQ Level 4 or above

• The University of Huddersfield has over 24,000 students from over 120 countries

Overview of HuddersfieldSkills, facts and figures:

• Huddersfield’s landmark Media Centre has become a place to

make it for creative businesses and is home to a thriving mix of

digital, media and design enterprises

• Huddersfield has the third largest manufacturing employment

base in the country (behind Birmingham and Leeds) with

30,300 jobs

• A total of 13,930 employers are based within the Huddersfield

area, employing 150,200 individuals

• The area is in the top ten locations for the number of residents

in work - with 186,200 residents in work

There are 2,300 businesses in the creative and digital sector

within the area.


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Major Companies & Employers in Huddersfield include:

Kirklees Metropolitan Council 19,195 Huddersfield

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust 3,500 Huddersfield NHS Trust

The University of Huddersfield 2,800 Huddersfield

Kirklees College 1,200 Huddersfield Fe College

Marshalls Plc 1,200 Huddersfield

(Manufacturer of Building Materials)

Cummins Limited 750 Huddersfield

Manufacturer of Turbo Chargers

NHS Kirklees 730 Huddersfield NHS Primary Care Trust

Overview of HuddersfieldMajor Companies & Employers


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Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK and has been named as one of the top places in the world to visit in 2014 in a new travel booklet; also ‘Lonely Planet’ put the area third in the top 10 world regions,

behind destinations in India and Australia.

The Yorkshire economy is showing clear signs of recovery and is now gathering real momentum. Different regions have distinct

economic profiles, strengths and weaknesses and Yorkshire and the Humber is taking impressive strides to modernise its

industrial base and build a knowledge economy.

The aim is to produce a more dynamic environment in which greater numbers of businesses start up and survive.

Through this, more jobs can be created, ensuring that a healthy economy spreads prosperity to all its citizens

throughout the county.

In the past two decades the region has suffered from the decline of traditional industries with

substantial job losses in coal mining, steel, engineering, textiles, rail administration and maintenance,

and defence. These losses have been partly balanced by growth in financial, legal and telephone-

based services, and the high-technology sector is growing strongly.

Economy of YorkshireOverview of County’s Economy


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The region’s towns, cities and rural communities are changing rapidly to meet the challenges ahead. Leeds is already recognised as an important financial service centre and is playing an increasingly key role in driving forward the sub-regional economy.

The challenge is to establish more companies where competitive edge is based on knowledge,

creativity and skills, producing high value added products and services.

The region’s universities are a major asset which must be built upon to enable its companies and

people to compete effectively in today’s knowledge economy.

The current and future economic potential for Yorkshire is in areas such as port-centric economic

development, off-shore wind turbine manufacturing and other renewable energy projects such as bio-

fuel, anaerobic digestion, tidal power and carbon capture, etc.

Economy of YorkshireFuture Challenges – development of industry

Carbon Capture Storage Cluster

The need to reduce carbon

emissions is a global and a

national priority, and the UK is

committed to reducing carbon

emissions by 80% of the 1990

levels by 2050.


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To establish a carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster. The Yorkshire

and the Humber CCS cluster (the “CCS cluster”) represents a unique

opportunity to develop, promote and sustain new low carbon technology,

to further secure the energy and industrial requirements of the UK, and

make a significant contribution to local, regional and national economic

development.

The CCS proposition for Yorkshire and Humber is that if industry develops

and sustains the large-scale infrastructure to transport and store CO2 deep

under the North Sea, then the impact on industrial development for the

region will be significant.

Establishing the CCS cluster will also deliver a number of further benefits

that drive the development of the local economy. This will take place close

to areas that have been affected in recent generations by deindustrialisation,

and suffered the departure of high-skilled and high-paid jobs.

Economy of YorkshireStrategic Location

The development of the CCS core infrastructure will

help ensure that there is a future stream of high quality

work for a skilled workforce for many years to come,

along with the potential to export know-how derived

from the projects.

The presence of a significant and advanced supply

chain within the region will include some 280

companies and up to 24,000 employees.

Yorkshire and the Humber is the best strategic location in Europe


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Short term (2014 - 2020)

Direct and indirect benefits:

• Construction-Operation Phase (2012 – 2019) – a maximum of 5,902 jobs per year.

• Operational phase (2019 – 2030+): up to 400 net additional jobs per year.

Wider economic benefits:

These benefits will be felt throughout the Yorkshire and Humber supply chain, initially for

services within construction and the technology and specialist supply chain associated with the

CCS capital equipment required.

The development of the Yorkshire and Humber CCS cluster could have a hugely positive

impact on the local, regional and national economy, whilst demonstrating how CCS can be

commercialised and deployed at scale. This would secure regional jobs.

Economy of YorkshireTimeline for Economic Benefits


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To quote Winston Churchill: “A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it did not happen.”

Economy of YorkshireYorkshire & Humber as a pioneering low-carbon economy

Thus Yorkshire & Humber has the potential to transform itself from

what was a heavily industrialised and energy-intensive economy to

a world leader in clean energy and environmental technologies.

Research on potential employment and value in offshore wind/UK wind industry:

Currently, the UK wind industry employs 10,600 people with

numbers expected to rise to 88,300 by 2021. Also, a study

published by the Centre for Economics and Business Research

(CEBR, 2012) suggests that:

• theUKoffshorewindindustryissettocreatealmost100,000

new jobs by the end of the decade;

• itestimatesthattheoffshorewindindustrywillhavecreated

45,000 jobs across the UK by 2015, rising to 97,000 by 2020;

• andby2030thefigurewillbe173,000jobs.

Addressing the prospect of irreversible climate change is perhaps the most significant economic,

social and environmental challenge that confronts the world. The consequences of failing to

take the required action cannot be understated. Food and water shortages, rising sea levels and

economic crises are just some of the implications, should Governments fail to act decisively

because ignoring climate change will eventually damage economic growth, creating risks of

major disruption to economic and social activity.

The government expects the low-carbon and the environmental sector to grow by £45 billion, totalling £150 billion by 2015 and employing 1.3 million, an increase of 400,000 from 2009. This presents huge opportunities for the regional economy.


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The economic projections and job prospects are estimated based on estimated/possible local

content (UK and Humber/Yorkshire regions) as percentages of the different cost elements

of four wind farms - (Humber Gateway, Westermost Rough, Hornsea, Dogger Bank) they are

offshore of the Humber estuary and are expected to produce 13,459–17,259 MW of renewable

energy.

Several reports (E.on, Dong, DECC) have estimated that altogether there could be 15,000 jobs

created in the Humber region.

Skill requirements and therefore job opportunities in offshore wind industry vary greatly, from

skilled craft people to scientists, pilots, managers and/or technicians.

It is important to note that jobs associated with manufacturing of turbines and balance of plants

can be sustainable only when a strong cluster of manufacturers and suppliers is built within the

region. The operations and maintenance jobs are expected to stay beyond 2020.

While there are some strengths and opportunities, the lack of skills and investment are among

the critical weaknesses to be addressed.

Economy of YorkshireSiemens

Siemens has already agreed to open an 800-workforce factory in Hull and according to Parsons Brinckerhoff (2012) 3,000-7,600 jobs would rapidly arrive into the Humber-Sub Region by 2015, but only in assembly and manufacture.

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Moreover, from a 2020 perspective The Prospects for Green Jobs to 2020 report forecasts three scenarios as follows: Low: 5,400; Most Likely: 11,500; High: 16,000


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Able Humber Port’s (AHP) proposed port expansion on the south side of the Humber River includes a combined logistics and Business Park as well as the development of a new marine energy park to house the offshore wind industry.

Economy of YorkshireFuture Employment at AH

The logistics and Business Park is expected to feature:

•Warehousing; Storage and distribution

•Chilled and frozen logistics

•Data centre (s); Document storage

•Commodities storage and distribution

•New location vehicle storage

•Supporting services including a hotel and an HGV park

AHP estimate that by 2020,

the logistics and business

parks will have created 3,000

jobs. Skills for Logistics (2009)

predict a workforce increase

in the logistics sector of

1,000 workers by 2017 in the

Yorkshire and Humber region.


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What is the Regional Growth Fund?

The Regional Growth Fund helps

businesses to grow and stimulates private

investment - creating and safeguarding

thousands of vital jobs across the country.

For every pound of government money,

the private sector puts in £5.50.

£310 million has been awarded to

49 businesses in Yorkshire and the

Humber since 2010; this helps to

create £1.6 billion worth of

private sector investment and

thousands of jobs.

Regional Growth Fund

Surgical Innovations300 new jobs are being created at this Leeds

based company thanks to an RGF investment

of more than £5 million. The investment

is being used to design and manufacture

creative solutions for minimally invasive

surgery and develop a state of the art research

and development facility and a clinical training

centre.

VTL GroupVTL Precision in Huddersfield successfully bid

for RGF investment in Round 2 and Round

3 to help boost jobs and create the next

generation gearbox components.

HariboThe Haribo factory in Castleford received a £6.4

million RGF investment in Round 1.

Yorkshire’s mid-market businesses account for 22 per cent of jobs in the regionAllowing smaller firms to access the Regional

Growth Fund could generate £200m in GDP, of

which £60m would come from the mid-market.

Successful bids to the Regional Growth Fund in Yorkshire Include:


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Research (September 2014) has confirmed that 70% of Yorkshire firms plan to recruit additional skilled staff in the next 12 months.

An overwhelming 85% of Yorkshire businesses plan to invest in more than one operational area

in the next twelve months, including in new or additional facilities, machinery or production

processes. This is well above the national average of 74%.

Confidence among Yorkshire businesses is on the rise but the majority of employers are

concerned about skill shortages, which could consequently hinder progress and projects.

SummaryRecruitment


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Need to strengthen & increase training

Yorkshire needs to overcome skill shortages

by establishing, consolidating and providing

training in offshore installation, O&M and

marine services as well as manufacturing.

Even though at present there is some training

available (marine related training), there is

a need to strengthen training provisions in

engineering, manufacturing, supply chain,

logistics, and complex project management.

Today, national and global demographic

changes are a potential catalyst for a long-

term systemic imbalance.

The consequences of a shortage of a skilled

workforce will mean higher wage-push

inflation and potential decreases in international

SummaryAddressing Skill Shortages

competitiveness, and even the erosion of

future domestic production capacity.

Three primary factors have been

identified as the reasons for a pending

systemic shortage:

• demographic changes

• changing labour force participation

patterns

• the need for productivity increases.

These three factors are important signals

that businesses must track in order to

determine the ultimate size and depth of

a systemic shortage.

Therefore, industries, schools, colleges

and universities in Yorkshire need to

consider methods to develop and attract

students to train and become successfully

skilful in a trade in order to accommodate

the current huge deficit of skilled workers

not only in Yorkshire but in the whole of

the UK.

Yorkshire and the Humber is the best

strategic location in Europe for leading

industries but now is the time for

companies to get more involved with

recruitment agencies, as skill shortages is

a problem that is going to require a long-

term process and companies cannot rely

on someone else sorting out the problem,

it is a matter which must be addressed

collectively – Cordant People offer expert

advice and are readily available to assist in

all matters of recruitment.

SMEs in Yorkshire

More than a third (35%)

of SMEs in Yorkshire and

the Humber believe they

will need enhanced or

increased digital capabilities

in the next three years,

in order to cope with the

ever-changing business

landscape. According to

research, of that number,

78% are worried about how

they will successfully up-

skill, with many firms citing

difficulties finding suitably

skilled staff.


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Young people in Yorkshire and the Humber are among some of the hardest hit in the country.

The Government must act now to create jobs and avoid a lost generation of young people. In

England, the North East, West Midlands, and Yorkshire & Humber have the highest proportion of

16-24 year olds who are NEET.

Youth unemployment has social consequences and the length of time a young person is

unemployed is particularly worrisome because it has long-term debilitating effects.

Germany has very low youth unemployment this is because Germany has well-functioning

apprenticeship programs and the introduction of short-time working policies that subsidize firms

when they reduce hours rather than lay off workers during a business slowdown.

SummaryYouth Unemployment


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Furthermore, as a recruitment agency, we witness how young people tend

to push themselves, wanting to make a lasting impression and prove what

they can do. Their sheer determination to complete their work can inspire

colleagues around them. Therefore, if a company puts sufficient time and

thought into recruiting young people, it can subsequently provide a very

positive return on investment.

There are clear business benefits to employing young people

It is crucial for the wellbeing of young people that businesses throughout

Huddersfield and Yorkshire take real ownership for skills development and

good job creation because it is by local employers accepting responsibility

that the whole community will achieve a positive impact and sustainable

employment.

SummaryAdvantages of recruiting young people

Fresh ideas

It is also important to remember that any young person

could be the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. In addition,

although they lack experience, new young people are generally

easier to train, due to being driven and eager to excel.

It is therefore imperative that representatives of companies, together with colleges and

universities throughout Yorkshire, should strategically consider methods of attracting

students and young people into their industry by creating incentive and lucrative offers

to influence an increased steady input of talented individuals to sustain, develop and

secure the future economy of Yorkshire.

Just by tapping into the huge numbers of unemployed young people in the region, a

company is not only providing jobs but will be allowing those young people to present

fresh ideas, vision and inspiration which are the necessities of every organisation.

Young people often have an abundance of energy and a natural thirst for knowledge, which can rub off on colleagues and help invigorate the workplace.


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Cordant People constantly endeavour to develop and nurture relationships which they have with all their candidates on their database, as well as continually seeking and engaging with new candidates to attract fresh talent.

At Cordant People we recognise, completely, that the long-term economic health of towns and

cities rests on investment in citizens’ skills and professional qualifications.

Also as a recruitment agency we acknowledge our responsibility “that we must always be at the

forefront of industry knowledge.”

It is our objective to help and assist all companies in Huddersfield and throughout Yorkshire

to recruit and employ successful candidates in order that they may fulfil business targets and

compete in today’s increasingly competitive global markets.

SummaryCordant’s Objective


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Cordant PeopleSupporting local businesses with their employment needs.

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