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London is surrounded by a diverse and highly skilled workforce and knee deep in a seasoned customer service culture.
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London's employed labour force numbers 263,500 skilled, educated and committed workers.
More than 1,000 researchers at London Health Sciences Centre, The Lawson Health Research Institute and The John P. Robart's Research Institute are pioneering in biotechnology and medical research.
We are home to a rapidly growing community of IT innovators and successful e-comm and dot-com enterprises.
One in five Londoners is a university graduate.
At least 14% of the total workforce are skilled manufacturing workers.
More than 70% have earned at least a high school or trade certificate.
London's Labour Force
| Total |
Change |
Employed |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour |
%
| Labour |
% |
|
| Force (CMA) |
Force |
|||
| 2007 | 263,500 |
0.6 |
247,400 |
0.7 |
| 2006 | 261,800 |
0.5 |
245,600 |
1.0 |
| 2005 | 260,400 |
0.3 |
243,100 |
-0.5 |
| 2004 | 259,600 |
3.1 |
244,400 |
11.0 |
| 2003 | 251,600 |
2.7 |
220,000 |
-3.2 |
| 2002 | 244,900 |
0.2 |
227,500 |
-0.5 |
| 2001 | 244,500 |
0.6 |
228,800 |
0.1 |
| 2000 | 243,000 |
2.4 |
228,500 |
3.2 |
