East Riding of Yorkshire

Many jobs in the past have been in farming and agricultural activities, fishing, shipbuilding and other port activities, engineering and manufacturing.

The number of jobs in these occupational areas has declined and the East Riding has had to find new ways of creating employment.

Going up in the East Riding:

leisure & tourism; business & admin; health & social care; public sector; ports & logistics

Going down:

agriculture & horticulture; manufacturing