Business and Economy

Analysis of the labour market covering the latest developments. When using outputs from this analysis you should be aware of the following caveats: •The analysis is not intended to be comprehensive or exhaustive. It is a snapshot analysis of key data as it pertains to London. •The analysis does not represent the full body of evidence on which...

Overview This page presents a labour market analysis related to the Mayor of London’s priority sectors, as identified in the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP). Each report (found below) explores a different economic sector in detail by bringing together data from a wide range of sources. By offering insights into both current and historical trends, the analysis helps contextualise how each sector...

As part of the Cultural Infrastructure Plan, an annual audit of pubs using the Inter-Departmental Business Register data is produced. The overall number of pubs in London has remained largely unchanged since 2018. There were 3,535 pubs in London in 2023. Overall employee numbers increased in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic in 2020. In 2023, there...

This briefing summarises trends in applications for the (BN(O) route since it was introduced on 31 January 2021 until the end of March 2023.

This briefing summarises trends in National Insurance number applications from London residents since 2016. It examines the most frequent nationalities represented in recent data, and compares these nationalities with those applying from the whole of the UK.

This report summarises trends in new applications for the EUSS, outcomes from applications, the most frequent nationalities of London residents applying, and the distribution across London of number of applications and major origin nationalities.

This report summarises trends in new applications for asylum to the UK, and the numbers of outstanding applications.

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted both domestic and international migration patterns. This briefing is intended to provide a summary of pre-pandemic domestic migration relating to London, to provide a baseline against which new data can be compared. The Office for National Statistics provide annual data on internal migration moves into and out of each local authority in England and...