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BC Reports

Black Country Knowledge is home to over 120 times series data sets, which we regular maintain and update. We analyse this data and add information to it to transform it into intelligence. With this intelligence we produce easy to read regular and timely reports which we call the 'Black Country Barometer'. These reports provide clear analysis of recent data and enables debate to be evidence driven. The barometer reports are produced on a themed basis:

  • Quarterly Economic Barometer: this covers Businesses; Skills; GVA; Earnings; Visitor Economy; Knowledge Economy etc. and is produced in January, April, July and October.

  • State of the Sub-Region - this report enable us to clearly evaluate the impact of the Black Country regeneration strategies on the sub-region as we measure the change from the baseline in terms of a number of key headline indicators and provide a comparison with the Regional Economic Strategy Indicators. This report is produced annually in September.

  • Sports Barometer - the initial report provided a baseline for the Sports Sector in the Black Country. Subsequent annual updates will enable us to clearly evaluate the impact of the work of the newly established Black Country Sports Partnership on the Sports Sector in the Black Country. This report is produced annually in September.

  • Education Barometer - This report provides an analysis for key headline education indicators and provides a monitoring tool from which to evaluate the impact of collective actions. This report is produced annually in September.

  • Health Barometer - This provides an analysis of key national headline health indicators from a Black Country perspective and is produced annually in December.

  • Knowledge Economy Barometer - These reports illustrate where we are in terms of key indicators that form the suite of 'Architectures' developed by Local Futures.

  • Ad hoc demand driven topical Barometers are also produced e.g. 'the Rover Barometer', 'Review of Assisted Area Status', 'LEGI Evidence Base'

    Accessing the reports

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