Link to Deloitte and Coventry university Research papers on economic Impact of Hosting Rugby World Cup

www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedKingdom/Local Assets/Documents/UK_SBG_IRB2008.pdf.

Click to access RWC-ec-report.pdf

It is anticipated that the stadiums will be full to around 84% capacity, which is consistent with the levels seen at previous events. Games from the knockout stages would be expected to attract larger crowds.

Ranking of Skills shortage vacancy by LEP shows where skills funding will make most difference

 LEP % of establishments with a skill-shortage vacancy Skill-shortage vacancy density
% %
Northamptonshire 5 43
Coventry and Warwickshire 3 28
South East Midlands 4 28
Worcestershire 3 26
Tees Valley 3 24
Black Country 3 20
York and North Yorkshire 2 20
Enterprise M3 6 19
Greater Lincolnshire 2 19
Leeds City Region 3 19
Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough 4 18
Heart of the South West 3 18
New Anglia 5 18
Coast to Capital 4 17
Dorset 3 17
Gloucestershire 2 17
Oxfordshire LEP 5 17
Solent 4 17
South East 4 17
Cumbria 3 16
Lancashire 3 15
Thames Valley Berkshire 5 15
Greater Manchester 3 14
Leicester and Leicestershire 4 14
London 5 14
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire 2 14
Swindon and Wiltshire 2 13
The Marches 2 13
Buckinghamshire Thames Valley 4 12
Greater Birmingham and Solihull 2 12
West of England 3 12
Cheshire and Warrington 4 11
Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, 3 11
North Eastern 3 11
Sheffield City Region 3 11
Humber 2 8
Liverpool City Region 2 8
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 2 7
Hertfordshire 5 7