Welcome to Sheffield – SinoBridge

Transcript

1. Welcome to Sheffield Sino-Bridge: Visit of the National Bureau of Statistics of the PRC 24 January 2018
2. What we will cover 1. Introduction to Sheffield (Sarah Lowi Jones Sheffield City Council) 2. Sheffield Digital and the digital sector (Chris Dymond, Sheffield Digital) 3. Measuring the digital economy (Sarah Lowi Jones/Susanne Lindsay) 4. Discussion session
3. Sheffield –introduction
4. Sheffield in 5 points 1. We are centrally located 2. The England’s 4th largest city 3. Over 70,000 students 4. Industrial heritage: steel, manufacturing, coal 5. New economy: advanced manufacturing, digital, higher education
5. Sheffield – A distinctive city Innovation Outdoor Offer Creative industries
6. Sheffield’s economy - overview
7. Sheffield’s economy – key facts • City population - 563,749 • Employment Rate - 71% • Highly skilled - 35.2% at level 4+ • GVA - £11.25bn • Wages - £26,141 • Number of jobs – 250,500 • Number of businesses – 14,555 • Number of start ups – 2,225 Key growth sectors: financial and business services, advanced manufacturing, creative and digital, healthcare technologies.
8. Key companies and successes
9. Digital in Sheffield
10. Sheffield’s digital economy – overview • 19,000 digital economy jobs • 5,500 businesses • 27% growth in digital businesses (2011-15) • 38% turnover growth (2011-15) • £46,287 average advertised digital salary • £339m digital GVA (average 2013-15)
11. What does Sheffield’s digital sector look like? Established businesses
12. What does Sheffield’s digital sector look like? Fast growing (in Northern Tech 100)
13. What’s happening in Sheffield?
14. Growing the digital economy – approach dotSHF digital coalition Domain model: • Connecting • Amplifying • Identifying opportunities • Measuring impact • Telling our story
15. Measuring the (digital) economy
16. Sources of data • Quantitative – Office of National Statistics, Tech Nation, local research, reports by other agencies • Qualitative – reports by other agencies, local research, interviews, case studies
17. Issues and challenges • Definitions of the sector • Nature of the sector • The timeliness of data • Access to data • Access to methodology • Resource, capacity or funding • Reliance on outside agencies
18. Discussion session