Business Register and Employment Survey, London 2010

The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) provides annual employment and employee estimates in the UK. This brief focuses on London results.

A short video podcast explaining this story using audio commentary and graphical animations is available on the GLA Intelligence YouTube channel at:
http://youtu.be/cjj75tKBr28.

Data from this analysis are available on the London Datastore:
http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/package/business-register-employment-survey-2010

London and the UK

• London employment was 4.336 million in September 2010 an annual increase of 44 thousand jobs (or 1.0 per cent)
• This was the second highest increase after the South East (51 thousand or 1.3 per cent increase)
• This compared to a decrease in employment in the UK of 156 thousand (or -0.5 per cent)

London employment by industry

Between 2009 and 2010 the largest increases by sector were:

• Business Services (39 thousand increase in employment)
• Information and Communications (20 thousand increase)
• Finance and Insurance (12 thousand increase)

London sub regional employment

• Employment in Inner London increased by 36 thousand and in Outer London by 8 thousand
• Employment increased in 20 out of 33 London boroughs
• The greatest increase was in the City of London (24 thousand)