Key Themes

• Private Sector-Led Growth
• Sector Skills Development
• Enterprise Support
• Finance Mechanisms
• Enterprise & Innovation

Services & Products

• Baselining, using quantitative and qualitative research tools
• Economic appraisal; project appraisals and impact assessments
• Economic modelling; we have developed a sophisticated impact and policy assessment model, the REMI-Ecorys Model
• Evaluation and monitoring, we offer independent insights into the economy, efficiency, effectiveness and impact of interventions
• Sector skills studies generating projections of demand for skills wthin specific sectors or sub sectors

Case Studies

Food and Drink Manufacturing Employer Training Needs Analysis for the East Midlands

Client: National Skills Academy

This work identified the current and future training needs of food and drink manufacturing employers in the East Midlands and mapped the current training programmes that were being delivered across the sector. The study also made recommendations on the potential make-up of programmes to meet the training gaps identified.

A Skills Assessment and Skills Strategy for Sheffield
Client: Sheffield City Council

This project involved a skills demand assessment and a major business survey of 900 employers in the region. It contributed to the development of the LocalEconomic Assessment and was presented at a workshop attended by a selection of employers.

Occupational and Functional mapping of the Renewable Energy sub-sectors. 
Client : Energy and Utility Skills Ltd

This study produced an occupational and functional map of the energy & utility skills sector which will feed into the development of national occupational standards.  In addition, priorities areas for development were identified. The employers and lead bodies were asked to input into this study via events and a small number of face to face consultations. (www.euskills.co.uk ).

An international comparison of skills and productivity
Client: Skills for Health SSC

This was a review of the current understanding and availability of research on the linkage between skills and productivity in the health sector.  It aimed to provide the client with a clearer understanding of the methodology in linking skills and productivity.

Training Needs Assessment for the Food and Drink sector in the East Midlands.

Client: IMPROVE / National Skills Academy

This study involved an assessment of the training needs of employers and the availability of training opportunity in the East Midlands. This work identified the current and future training needs of food and drink manufacturing employers in the region and mapped the current training programmes that were being delivered across the sector. The study also made recommendations on the potential make-up of programmes to meet the training gaps identified.

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