Which Sectors are Growing?
Green means there will be more jobs available in the next 5 years
Amber means the number of jobs won’t change too much in the next 5 years
Red means there won’t be as many jobs over the next 5 years
Financial and Professional Services Strong growth in employment in this sector, with almost 24,000 extra jobs forecast to be generated in the next 5 years.
Life Sciences The Life Sciences sector is expected to grow, with nearly 9,000 extra jobs being created by 2012.
Construction Construction sector employment is expected to grow over the next 5 years, with around an extra 6,000 jobs expected to be generated.
Creative Industries The Creative Industries have seen consistent growth in recent years, and are expected to see further growth of nearly 6,000 jobs in the sector by 2012.
Education Employment growth in the Education sector will continue to be strong, with around an extra 7,000 jobs in the sector by 2012.
ICT Digital / Communications Employment is expected to increase in ICT over the next 5 years, with around 3,000 jobs forecast to be created in the sector.
Hospitality and Tourism The Hospitality and Tourism sector is expected to grow significantly over the next 5 years, generating approximately 8,000 further jobs by 2012.
Sport High relative growth in employment in the sector is expected between 2007 and 2012, with around 4,000 jobs being generated.
Logistics The number of jobs in Logistics is expected decline slightly over the next 5 years, with well under 1,000 fewer jobs in the sector by 2012.
Retail Slight growth in the Retail sector is expected, with approximately an extra 2,000 jobs by 2012.
Public Sector Employment in the Public Sector is expected to decline slightly by less than 500 jobs by 2012.
Aviation Employment within Aviation is expected to remain steady over the next 5 years, with only around 500 more jobs being created between 2007 and 2012.
Manufacturing By 2012 there are forecast to be over 23,000 fewer jobs in Manufacturing than there were in 2007 (howevereven when in decline the Manufacturing sector still employs a large proportion of individuals of any sector in Greater Manchester).
Remember that job figures above are what they are – a FORECAST
Employers in Greater Manchester
This section includes information on the largest and most significant employers in Greater Manchester, which encompasses the areas of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The separate area pages give a more detailed breakdown of information on each given area.
Large or significant employers in Greater Manchester include:
BAE Systems - Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft parts
Bank of New York - Bank
BUPA UK Services - Provider of private sector healthcare
Colgate Palmolive - Manufacture of perfumes and toiletries
Co-operative Retail Services - Retail sales of food, beverages and tobacco in supermarkets
e-on - Provider of gas and electricity
First Manchester Ltd - Bus and coach and tramway services
Going Places - Tour operators
Great Universal Stores (GUS) - Mail order sales of general merchandise
IKEA - Furniture retailers
JD Williams - Catalogue shopping and mail order
Kwik Fit - Automotive repair and tyre dealers
Lloyds TSB - Banking
McVities - Manufacture of biscuits, pastries and cakes
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council - Local government and public service delivery
O2 - Mobile network
Philips Semiconductors - Manufacture of electronic components
Powergen - Production of electricity
Selfridges - Retail sales
Skydeals - Travel agents and services
Trafford General Hospital - Provider of public sector healthcare
University of Manchester - Degree level higher education
Vidal Sassoon - Hairdressers
Warburtons - Manufacture and sale of bread and cakes
Definitions of the language and terms used throughout this section of the website are available as a download.
'Definitions and Explanatory Notes - Area Factsheets':
Numbers of Employees in each Key Sector working in Greater Manchester, 1998 & 2006
Distribution of Employees in each Key Sector working in Greater Manchester, 2006
Forecasted Numbers of Total Employed in each Key Sector working in Greater Manchester, 2007 & 2012
Forecasted Numbers of Total Employed in each Key Sector working in Greater Manchester, 2007 - 2012
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