12th August 2011, 11:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 12th August 2011, 12:09 PM by GnomeKing.)
SOME CORRESPONDENCE: will add replies later
Thank you very much for your rapid reply,
However, having looked through the links (and further links in them), i can find no discussion at all about how heritage protection is negatively impacting economic growth.
Are there some figures/research to demonstrate this, as the Yorkshire post seems to imply?
Is there further document/memo/press release which indicates The Chambers evidence and beliefs in this matter?
Or has the Yorkshire Post just made the story up?
Kind Regards,
--- On Fri, 12/8/11, Hayley Johnson <hayley.johnson@yourchamber.org.uk> wrote:
From: Hayley Johnson <hayley.johnson@yourchamber.org.uk>
Subject: research
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, 12 August, 2011, 10:33
Afternoon xxxxxxx
Please see attached the research referred to in the Yorkshire Post article - "Exclusive: City ‘facing decline as heritage saved at expense of enterprise"
The research is by Yorkshire Forward. However, there other studies which highlight the challenges in York and its reliance on public sector job creation. These are:
1. Yorkshire Futures: York and North Yorkshire Full Economic Assesment
a. Shows that the sub-region has been reliant on public sector job creation
b. Unemployment is a problem in parts of York
c. % increase in GVA for York is below the Yorkshire and Humber average (2009 -2025)
d. % increase in employment in York is below the Yorkshire and Humber average (2009 – 2025)
http://www.ynyeconomy.org.uk/images/docu...20v1.1.pdf
2. Centre for Cities – Prioritizing Prosperity
a. York’s highly skilled workforce, quality of life and well respected university – provide York with the potential to achieve sustained economic success. However, the underlying fragility of some of these assets, the economic weaknesses of the wider Yorkshire region and the severity of the recession, mean that the city has no room for complacency.
b. York is a reasonably strong city economically.
c. York has high employment in a number of sectors that are vulnerable during the recession
d. The Council must embrace the need for managed change in the city and deliver the infrastructure needed to support economic growth.
e. Standing still is not an option, particularly for cities like York seeking to carve out a niche in the knowledge economy. York needs to continue to match the opportunities offered in other competitive locations, or businesses and highly skilled individuals will start to re-evaluate the extent to which York meets their needs.
http://www.centreforcities.org/assets/fi...perity.pdf
Many Thanks
Hayley Johnson
Press & Corporate Communications
Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
White Rose House, 28a York Place, Leeds LS1 2EZ
Tel: +44 (0) 113 247 0000
Email: hayley.johnson@yourchamber.org.uk
Web: www.yourchamber.org.uk
Thank you very much for your rapid reply,
However, having looked through the links (and further links in them), i can find no discussion at all about how heritage protection is negatively impacting economic growth.
Are there some figures/research to demonstrate this, as the Yorkshire post seems to imply?
Is there further document/memo/press release which indicates The Chambers evidence and beliefs in this matter?
Or has the Yorkshire Post just made the story up?
Kind Regards,
--- On Fri, 12/8/11, Hayley Johnson <hayley.johnson@yourchamber.org.uk> wrote:
From: Hayley Johnson <hayley.johnson@yourchamber.org.uk>
Subject: research
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, 12 August, 2011, 10:33
Afternoon xxxxxxx
Please see attached the research referred to in the Yorkshire Post article - "Exclusive: City ‘facing decline as heritage saved at expense of enterprise"
The research is by Yorkshire Forward. However, there other studies which highlight the challenges in York and its reliance on public sector job creation. These are:
1. Yorkshire Futures: York and North Yorkshire Full Economic Assesment
a. Shows that the sub-region has been reliant on public sector job creation
b. Unemployment is a problem in parts of York
c. % increase in GVA for York is below the Yorkshire and Humber average (2009 -2025)
d. % increase in employment in York is below the Yorkshire and Humber average (2009 – 2025)
http://www.ynyeconomy.org.uk/images/docu...20v1.1.pdf
2. Centre for Cities – Prioritizing Prosperity
a. York’s highly skilled workforce, quality of life and well respected university – provide York with the potential to achieve sustained economic success. However, the underlying fragility of some of these assets, the economic weaknesses of the wider Yorkshire region and the severity of the recession, mean that the city has no room for complacency.
b. York is a reasonably strong city economically.
c. York has high employment in a number of sectors that are vulnerable during the recession
d. The Council must embrace the need for managed change in the city and deliver the infrastructure needed to support economic growth.
e. Standing still is not an option, particularly for cities like York seeking to carve out a niche in the knowledge economy. York needs to continue to match the opportunities offered in other competitive locations, or businesses and highly skilled individuals will start to re-evaluate the extent to which York meets their needs.
http://www.centreforcities.org/assets/fi...perity.pdf
Many Thanks
Hayley Johnson
Press & Corporate Communications
Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
White Rose House, 28a York Place, Leeds LS1 2EZ
Tel: +44 (0) 113 247 0000
Email: hayley.johnson@yourchamber.org.uk
Web: www.yourchamber.org.uk