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LLEP wins Leicester Business Festival Award for most pioneering event

         Leicester Business Festival (LBF) ended this afternoon following two busy weeks filled with more than 100 business events. The Leicester Business...

FLYING TAXIS ARE HOT TOPIC AT FUTURE MOBILITY CONFERENCE

The LLEP worked in partnership with East Midlands Airport to bring this event to the Leicester Business Festival calendar on Monday 4 November. The event...

Business and education worlds come together

Local business leaders and leaders in schools met for the first time at a round table dinner this week (30 October) for the opportunity to...

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Nov
14

Midlands Space Networking

R&R Space is organising a Midlands-wide space networking event in Leicester to build and strengthen…
Nov
18

NBV | Starting in Business Programme – Coalville

3 day starting in business programme ideal for pre-start or new start businesses (more…)
Dec
02

NBV | Starting in Business Programme -Leicester

3 day starting in business programme ideal for pre-start or new start businesses (more…)

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A few facts about employment in our area

60,000

higher education students attend the region's three universities

14.6%

of the population of Leicester is aged 18-24 (against a national average of 8.7%)

41,000

people employed in professional, scientific or technical industries

68%

of the population of Leicester is of working age (against a national average of 62.8%)

70.8%

employee growth in the professional, scientific and technical sectors 2011-2017 - an increase of 17,000 workers