Tag Archives: CSO data

How are we doing? Changes and Trends in County Incomes in the Western Region

Posted on March 10, 2020 by WDC Insights

The CSO released data on County Incomes and Regional GDP for 2017 last month (along with preliminary figures for 2018).  In this post changes in disposable incomes per person in Western Region counties incomes in the Western Region are examined … Continue reading →

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Regional Sectoral Profiles: The Complete Collection

Posted on September 16, 2019 by WDC Insights

A year ago we began publishing a series of ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ of economic sectors in the Western Region.  Now, 12 months and 12 reports later, the series is complete!  As publication has been spread over a year, I thought … Continue reading →

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Incomes in the Western Region: what do Geographical Income Profiles tell us?

Posted on September 6, 2019 by WDC Insights

At WDC Insights we are always on the lookout for data sources which can improve our understanding of the economy and society of the Western Region and give us greater insight into how the people living and working here are … Continue reading →

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New Infographic: Enterprise in the Western Region 2017

Posted on August 28, 2019 by WDC Insights

The WDC has analysed the latest CSO Business Demography data on enterprises in the Western Region. This data is for 2017 when there were 57,951 total enterprises[1] registered in the seven-county Western Region (location of an enterprise is based on … Continue reading →

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The Construction Sector in the Western Region

Posted on August 22, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has published the latest in its ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ series which analyses the most recent employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identifies key policy issues.[1] This report examines … Continue reading →

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What we do where:  Regions, Sectors and GVA

Posted on August 13, 2019 by WDC Insights

In this final post on regional Gross Value Added (GVA) data, the focus is on the role of different sectors in our regions.  As discussed in the previous post, the economic contribution of the regions is related to the size … Continue reading →

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Size matters: relative changes in regional economies

Posted on August 7, 2019 by WDC Insights

In the last post on this topic I examined some of the recent trends in regional GDP.  In this post, that analysis is continued, with a focus on the changing share of national Gross Value Added (GVA)[i] coming from each … Continue reading →

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Professional Services in the Western Region

Posted on July 31, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published the latest in its ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ series which analyses the most recent employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identifies key policy issues.[1] This report … Continue reading →

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200th WDC Insights blog post – Our Top 5!

Posted on June 6, 2019 by WDC Insights

It is hard to believe but this is our 200th post since the Policy Analysis team’s WDC Insights blog was first launched on 25th July 2014. Over the last (almost) five years and 200 posts we have addressed everything from … Continue reading →

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Administrative, Entertainment & Other Services rely on local demand from businesses & consumers, but potential to expand international activity

Posted on May 28, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published the latest in its series of Regional Sectoral Profiles which analyse employment and enterprise data for economic sectors in the Western Region.  This report examines the Administrative, Entertainment & Other Services sector, … Continue reading →

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