Cambridge Ahead is committed to providing gold standard data on the Cambridge economy so that policymakers have the best possible evidence to inform their decisions.
Through Cambridge Ahead’s longstanding research partnership with the Centre for Business Research (CBR) at the University of Cambridge, it has been possible to understand much better the advantages and limitations of official statistics on the Cambridgeshire economy.
This commentary from Dame Kate Barker accompanies the most recent from the CBR which can be found here.
Cambridge Ahead’s key takeaway is that official national data on local employment by place of employment (as opposed to place of residence) is limited and unreliable which is cause for concern. For any area looking to grow its local economy, a fundamental building block is having reliable and credible data on that economy.
