Briefing Paper 22 – September 2018 Download Briefing Paper 22 Ingo Borchert and Nicolo Tamberi Key points Introduction Mode 5 services exports by region Foreign services, international integration and exports Conclusion References Footnotes Key Points This Briefing Paper highlights the importance of services inputs—domestic as well as foreign ones—for UK manufacturing exports.  We provide a detailed picture of individual UK regions and nations’ usage of domestic services inputs, and we describe the conducive role of foreign services inputs for export success. As the result of a long-running trend called “servicification” of manufacturing, the value of UK manufacturing exports entails a considerable share of services inputs. In 2017, the value of domestic services inputs into UK manufacturing exports amounted to over £70 billion. By comparison, this is close to all direct exports of financial and insurance services combined.  Hence, any changes in market access conditions abroad, especially in EU-27 destination markets, are likely to have knock-on effects on the demand for services in the UK, and on the jobs associated with the provision of such services. Across individual regions, the South East and London together provide 25% of all services inputs embodied in UK manufacturing exports. Most other regions [...]

Briefing paper 6 – November 2016 Download Briefing Paper Ingo Borchert Key Points Introduction An Overview of UK Services Trade Services Trade Policy Conclusion Glossary References Further Information […]

Download this Briefing Paper Briefing Paper 14 11 January 2018 Ingo Borchert and Nicolo Tamberi Key Points Introduction The Spatial Distribution of Services Exports Across the UK Trade Relationship with the EU Trade in Embodied Services Growth of Cross-Border Services Exports over Time Conclusion Further Information Principal Data Sources Key Points This Briefing Paper describes the rich pattern of UK regional services exports. The aim is to provide a “heat map” for understanding better how Brexit might affect the services export prospects of UK regions. Reflecting the general concentration of economic activity in and around London, services exports too are spatially concentrated here, as London and the South East accounted for 62% of all services exports in 2015. There is no denying that, depending on the as yet unspecified Brexit conditions, there will be a substantial impact on services exports in the South. There is more to services exports than financial services out of London. In between the South East and the five smallest exporting regions, there is a middle tier of regions encompassing the North West, Scotland, East of England and the South West that contribute significantly to services exports, between them they account for 25% of [...]