London's Economy Today - Issue 41 - January 2006

The overview

• London’s business links with the rest of the UK remain strong
• London – a great place in which to do business
• UK stock market grew quicker than house prices in 2005

Economic indicators

• London fims continued to expand their output of goods and services in December 2005
• the PMI of business activity recorded 58.3 in December compared to 56.7 in November
• surveyors are reporting a continued recovery in house prices in England and Wales

Two-thirds of new jobs to be filled by women

Recent research by GLA Economics has examined where future employment opportunities for women are projected to occur and the current position of part-time workers in London.

Capital jobs - Changes in London’s employee jobs in 2004

At a glance:

• ONS employment figures show that London had 3.95 million employee jobs in 2004
• this is the first annual increase in the number of London’s employee jobs since 2000
• the largest increases were in public services and business services

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