East Midlands The EM economy contracts by 9% led by the education sector at -20% November, 2020 Read More OTHER ARTICLES The regional economy shrinks by 4.5% following lockdown, the best UK performance, and EM house prices increase by 4.7% August, 2020 Significant regional job losses at Rolls Royce, EM’s income growth the UK’s slowest with Nottingham and Leicester average incomes at just over £13,000 June, 2020 At -1% the East Midlands economy shrinks the slowest in the UK following lockdown but pre-pandemic data also shows an earlier contraction May, 2020 EM’s export performance the second best in the UK with the USA the region’s largest market and the region builds 30% more houses April, 2020 Mickleover in Derby the wealthiest area in England but Highfield North in Leicester the poorest, all of the region’s LEPs see productivity growth March, 2020 EM’s economic growth volatile, depending on the period the region ranked second or last, productivity growth the second best in the UK and a big drop in unemployment February, 2020 The gap between the EM’s tax take and public spending shrinks, the region sees the biggest drop in unemployment in Britain and £3m is spent on finding a missing £10m loan January, 2020 The East Midlands posts average 2018 growth, Derby has the third fastest growing local economy in the UK but South and West Derbyshire underperforms, a big drop in EM’s unemployment December, 2019 ONS and ESCoe regional growth figures suggest the EM plummets down the UK rankings over nine months, the economy contracts in Q1, but a good increase in regional pay November, 2019 The first new development corporation at Toton and the governance of Northamptonshire councils in the spotlight again October, 2019 A refreshed Midland’s Engine strategy promised by the autumn and new regional GDP figures from the ONS ranks the East Midlands first September, 2019 East Midland’s property prices increase the most in England but economic growth slows and a new ‘Minister for the Midlands’ August, 2019 The South East Midlands industrial strategy unveiled and a ‘Meteor’ on its way to Leicester July, 2019 Nottingham the poorest city in the UK and East Derbyshire’s households see their income shrink. June, 2019 Average growth but a sharp drop in unemployment, Bombardier hopes to help provide a route to the Pyramids and Derbyshire County Council plans festivities May, 2019 Nottinghamshire energy projects, changes on the East Midlands’s railways and the Government announces 12 new Institutes of Technology across the UK but the East Midlands’s misses out April, 2019 Unemployment in the EM ticks up, continued worries about the region’s suboptimal local government and two key sectors remembered March, 2019
