Our Work
Skills
GWE Business West Research has developed an economic
development and regeneration research toolkit, which
provides analytical tools to cover every aspect of
local and regional economic development such as:
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Economic assessments and strategy development
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Labour market assessment and strategy
development
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Sector/cluster profiles
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Employment land reviews
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Regeneration projects - investment appraisal
and feasibility
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Regeneration projects - economic impact studies
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Regeneration projects – evaluation
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Effective practice reviews in economic
development and regeneration - image,
innovation, networks, skills and employability,
land and property
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Tools
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Economic modelling and forecasting
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Labour market modelling and forecasting
including the jobs matrix and labour market
balance (commuting) models
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Employment Land Review Toolkit
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Economic development library and databases of
effective practice, research & statistics
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Regeneration projects - investment appraisal
and feasibility toolkit
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Regeneration projects - evaluation toolkit
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Regeneration projects - economic impact toolkit
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Primary research – small-scale survey and
consultation
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Primary research – large-scale survey (We
have the capacity to do large-scale primary
employer, business, household, individual and
community surveys. Only the fieldwork is
contracted out. All other work is
undertaken in-house, from questionnaire design
through data processing (using SPSS) through
analysis and report writing)
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Secondary research and analysis
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Mapping (GIS)
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Report writing and dissemination via hard copy,
presentation, multimedia (CD/DVD, internet and
email)
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Specialisms
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Local and regional enterprise support
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Local and regional employment land review
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Sector/cluster profiles
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Effective practice in the management and operation of
Business Networks
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Business transfer and succession in family businesses
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Economic assessments and strategy development
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Labour market assessment and strategy development
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Effective practice reviews in economic development
and regeneration
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Regeneration projects - economic impact studies
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Regeneration projects - investment appraisal and
feasibility
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Regeneration projects - evaluation
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