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London's Economy Today

London's Economy Today - Published monthly.
The most up-to-date information on London's economy, published by email every month. Each issue includes an overview of current economic conditions, the latest indicators and a supplement on a significant issue facing London.

Events

• Employment and Population in London – New History, New Futures

• The Impact of Welfare Reform in London
• What does the Budget mean for London?

Reports

• London's Digital Economy - January 2012

• Regional and sub-regional GVA estimates for London - December 2011

• Business Register and Employment Survey, London 2010 - October 2011
• Labour market flows in London - September 2011
• The Local Area Tourism Impact model results for 2008 and 2009 - July 2011
• A Fairer London: The 2011 Living Wage in London - May 2011
• The 2011 Budget: Focus on London - April 2011
• Childhood Obesity in London - April 2011
• Early Years Interventions to address Health Inequalities in London - the Economic Case - January 2011
• Single/Double Summer Time: The time is right for London - October 2010
• GLA Economics Annual Report 2010 - July 2010
• Public spending priorities in London - June 2010
• A Fairer London: The 2010 Living Wage in London - June 2010
• Economic Evidence Base - May 2010
• Scenarios, planning and economic outlooks - May 2010
• Economic Impact of Traffic Signals - November 2009
• Economic Evidence Base - October 2009
• The London Development Agency's (LDA) Local Area Tourism Impact (LATI) - August 2009
• Economic impact on the London and UK economy of an earned regularisation of irregular migrants to the UK - June 2009
• A Fairer London: The 2009 Living Wage in London - May 2009
• London Economic Development Snapshot Issue 8 (LDA website) - January 2009
• Filling the coffers: London's tax export - November 2008
• Self-directed adult social care in London - September 2008
• The London Story Update 2008 - August 2008
• London's environmental effectiveness - an update: Comparing London with other English regions - July 2008
• A Fairer London: The 2008 Living Wage in London - July 2008
• London Economic Development Snapshot Issue 7 (LDA website) - July 2008
• GLA Economics Annual Report - June 2008
• Credit crunch and the property market - May 2008
  
  
• The rationale for public sector intervention in the economy II - March 2008
• Women in London's Economy - February 2008
• London's Central Business District: Its global importance - January 2008
• London Economic Development Snapshot Issue 6 (LDA website) - January 2008
• Modelling transport and the economy in London - December 2007
• Asian Business Report - December 2007
• The London Story - October 2007
• Social Enterprises in London - October 2007
• More residents, more jobs? - July 2007
• London Economic Development Snapshot Issue 5 (LDA website) - July 2007
• GLA Economics' London Employment Projections. Panel Note, for the Examination in Public into the Draft Alterations to the London Plan - June 2007
• GLA Economics Annual Report - July 2007
• A Fairer London: The Living Wage in London - April 2007
• Transport and Economy Model (TANDEM) - March 2007
• Women in London's Economy - February 2007
• London Economic Development Snapshot Issue 4 (LDA website) - January 2007
• Heathrow Economics Study - November 2006
• Retail in London - October 2006
• Employment Projections Technical Papers - October 2006
• What works with tackling worklessness? - September 2006
• GLA Economics Annual Report - July 2006
• A Fairer London: The Living Wage in London - May 2006
• The rationale for public sector intervention in the economy - March 2006
• Business and economic impacts of the congestion charge - February 2006
• Laying the foundations: London's construction industry - February 2006
• Women in London’s Economy – January 2006
• Our London. Our Future: Planning for London's Growth II - November 2005
• GLA Economics Annual Report - August 2005
• The Environmental Effectiveness of London: Comparing London with other English regions - June 2005
• From the Ganges to the Thames: An analysis of Indian FDI into London - June 2005
• The contribution of Asian-owned businesses to London's economy - June 2005
• A Fairer London: The Living Wage in London - March 2005
• Time is money: The economic effects of transport delays in Central London - February 2005
• Ready for Business: The contribution of black businesses to London's economy - February 2005
• Growing Together: London and the UK Economy - February 2005
• Women in London's Economy - January 2005
• More residents, more jobs? - January 2005
• Enter the Dragon: An analysis of Chinese FDI into London - December 2004
• GLA Economics Annual Report 2004 - August 2004
• World City, World Knowledge: The economic contribution of London’s higher education sector - April 2004
• Lone Parents in London - April 2004
• London's Creative Sector: 2004 Update - April 2004
• The GLA's Economy-Environment Model - April 2004
• London's Housing Submarkets - April 2004
• The Case for London - March 2004
• Technical report of the GLA Economy-Environment Model - March 2004
• Spending Time: London's Leisure Economy - November 2003
• The GLA's London Workforce Employment Series - September 2003
• Valuing Greenness: Green spaces, house prices and Londoners' priorities - June 2003
• London's Ecological Footprint - June 2003
• Market failure and the London housing market - May 2003
• GLA Economics Annual Report 2003 - May 2003
• London's Economy Tomorrow - March 2003
• Sensitivity tests on forecasts for employment in London - February 2003
• Play it right: Asian Creative Industries in London - February 2003
• Spreading Success: How London is Changing - January 2003
• Creativity: London's Core Business - October 2002
• Planning for London's Growth - March 2002

Forecasts

• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2011 - November 2011
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2011 - May 2011
• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2010 - October 2010
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2010 - June 2010
• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2009 - October 2009
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2009 - April 2009
• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2008 - October 2008
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2008 - May 2008
  
  
• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2007 - October 2007
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2007 - April 2007
• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2006 - October 2006
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2006 - April 2006
• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2005 - October 2005
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2005 - April 2005
• London's Economic Outlook: Autumn 2004 - October 2004
• London's Economic Outlook: Spring 2004 - April 2004
• London's Economic Outlook: The GLA's medium-term planning projections - December 2003
• The GLA's Medium-term Economic Projections - July 2003
• Review of Independent Forecasts - July 2003
• Medium-Term Economic Planning Projections - January 2003

Current issues notes

• Current Issues Note 35: Well-being in London - measurement and use - February 2012
• Current Issues Note 34: A summary assessment of fuel poverty in London in 2009 and scenarios to 2013 - November 2011

• Current Issues Note 33: London's creative industries 2011 update - October 2011
• Current Issues Note 32: International tourism in London 2010: Results for London from the International Passenger Survey 2010 - July 2011
• Current Issues Note 31: City ranking indices - handle with care - July 2011
• Current Issues Note 30: The new Business Register Employment Survey: Changes in London’s jobs, 2008 and 2009 compared - July 2011
• Current Issues Note 29: Estimating the contribution of leisure day visitors to London's tourism industry - March 2011
• Current Issues Note 28: The potential impact of a Tier 4 immigration cap on UK and EU-domiciled student fees - February 2011
• Current Issues Note 27: Central London office market through the recession - November 2010
• Current Issues Note 26: Private sector recovery during fiscal retrenchment - October 2010
• Current Issues Note 25: How big is London's green sector? - June 2010
• Current Issues Note 24: Reviewing the evidence on carbon emissions from rail and air travel - March 2010
• Current Issues Note 23: Food price increases and their impact on London's lowest income groups - November 2008
• Current Issues Note 22: Patterns of low pay in London - August 2008
• Current Issues Note 21: Rising energy prices and their effects on environmental behaviour - July 2008
  
  
• Current Issues Note 20: The housing market and the economic climate - February 2008
• Current Issues Note 19: The role of financial services sector in mitigating and adapting to climate change - September 2007
• Current Issues Note 18: Institutional investment in housing - July 2007
• Current Issues Note 17: Defining and measuring metropolitan regions - June 2007
• Current Issues Note 16: Labour Market Balance Sheets - June 2007
• Current Issues Note 15: The economics of climate change - March 2007
• Current Issues Note 14: Patterns of low pay in London - March 2007
• Current Issues Note 13: Updated borough-level employment projections to 2026 - February 2007
• Current Issues Note 12: Why are there so few part-time jobs in London? - February 2007
• Current Issues Note 11: Historical revisions to the GLA workforce employment series' - December 2006
• Current Issues Note 10: Investing for Britain - Modernising the Sustainable Investment Rule - November 2006
• Current Issues Note 9: Borough employment projections to 2026 - May 2006
• Current Issues Note 8: Comparison of London’s employment forecasts by gender – January 2006
• Current Issues Note 7: London’s living wage for young people - November 2005
• Current Issues Note 6: Comments on CEBR’s report on the western extension of the congestion charge - August 2005
• Current Issue Note 5: Has London continued to export taxes in 2003/04? - August 2005
• Current Issues Note 4: Interim borough level employment projections to 2016 - May 2005
• Current Issues Note 3: Financial services and climate change - July 2004
• Current Issues Note 2: Guidance on Preparing an Economic Impact Report - July 2004
• Current Issues Note 1: What is driving business investment in London? - May 2003

Working papers

General

• Working Paper 53: Tourism in London - 8 May 2012
• Working Paper 52: London's jobs history - a technical paper - 16 December 2011
• Working Paper 51: Employment projections for London by sector and trend-based projections by borough - 13 December 2011
• Working Paper 50: An analysis of London's exports - 6 December 2011
• Working Paper 49: Supporting London's innovators - 12 October 2011
• Working Paper 48: Culture and regeneration - What evidence is there of a link and how could it be measured? - 4 May 2011
• Working Paper 47: Spending time 2011 update - 21 April 2011
• Working Paper 46: Visit London Economic Impact Evaluation - Preliminary findings from enhanced conversion research of a North American leisure marketing campaign - 19 April 2011
• Working Paper 45: Women in London’s economy - Update 2010 -  24 December 2010
• Working Paper 44: London’s labour market in the recent recession -  22 December 2010
• Working Paper 43: Submission to the Hutton Review, Review of Fair Pay in the Public Sector - 6 September 2010
• Working Paper 42: Valuing housing and green spaces - 1 September 2010
• Working Paper 41: Determining the external costs of road freight activity in London - 3 August 2010
• Working Paper 40: London's creative workforce (2010 update) - February 2010
• Working Paper 39: Borough employment projections to 2031 and Working Paper 38: Employment projections for London by sector and trend-based projections by borough - see Employment projections to 2031 November 2009
• Working Paper 37: London's logistics sector - August 2009
• Working Paper 36: Commuting patterns in London by qualification level and employment location - July 2009
• Working Paper 35: Come fly with me – Airport choice in greater London - April 2009
• Working Paper 34: Outer London – Economic data and statistics - March 2009
• Working Paper 33: The evolution of UK and London employment rates
• Working Paper 32: Building Bridges: Some lessons from the Middle Ages on the long-term economic impact of bridges over the Thames - August 2008
• 31: Employment in London by firm size - May 2008
  
  
• 30: London's housing submarkets - March 2008
• 29: Overcoming barriers to institutional investment in residential housing - February 2008
• 28: Comparing locations: Grouping wards in London, the South East and East of England - January 2008
• 27: Assessment of global imbalances? - January 2008
• 26: What makes employees more likely to be low paid in London? - November 2007
• 25: An expenditure-based approach to employment sectors in London - November 2007
• 24: An analysis of London's employment by sector - October 2007
• 23: The implications of misleading estimates of London’s output - August 2007
• 22: London's Creative Sector – 2007 Update - July 2007
• 21: The GLA's interim metro area dataset - April 2007
• 20. Employment Projections for London By Sector and Borough - February 2007
• 19. Innovation in London - February 2007
• 18. Borough employment projections to 2026 - October 2006
• 17. Why distance doesn’t die: Agglomeration and its benefits - June 2006
• 16. Women at Work… Looking Ahead - London employment projections by gender and sector – January 2006
• 15. Worklessness in London – Explaining the differences between worklessness in London and the UK – January 2006
• 14. Working Future – Employment projections for London by sector – December 2005
• 13. Towards a common standard - Comparing European and American cities - July 2005
• 12. The congestion charge’s impact on retail - The London experience - May 2005
• 11. Working London - November 2004
• 10. Productivity indicators submission - September 2004
• 9. Measuring and Comparing World Cities - May 2004
• 8. Submission to the Treasury Select Committee Inquiry into Regional Productivity - April 2004
• 7. London's Housing Submarkets - April 2004
• 6. Calculating London's Tax Export - March 2004
• 5. Submission to the Allsopp Review - October 2003
• 4. Long-term employment projections for London: Alternative methodology and results - September 2003
• 3. Valuing Greeness: Is there a segmented preference for housing attributes in London? - June 2003
• 2. The Economic and Social Structure of London and the South East - February 2003
• 1. Labour Market Balances and Employment in the Wider South East - February 2003

Retail

• Retail in London: Working Paper J - The impact of planning on competition and productivity - June 2006
• Retail in London: Working Paper I - Service and delivery Issues - June 2006
• Retail in London: Working Paper H - London’s Retail Trends - 1971-2000 - April 2006
• Retail in London: Working Paper G - Small Retailers - March 2006
• Retail in London: Working Paper F - International Comparisons of Retail – March 2006
• Retail in London: Working Paper E - Retail and the Labour Market – March 2006
• Retail in London: Working Paper D - Retail and Leisure - February 2006
• Retail in London: Working Paper C - Grocery Retailing – October 2005
• Retail in London: Working Paper B - Retail and Regeneration - August 2005
• Retail in London Working Paper A - Retail in the West End - March 2005