Two-speed Britain Winners and losers

Winners Losers Edinburgh Aberdeen

The only UK city to have more businesses start up than close in 2010.

30 per cent of jobs are in knowledge intensive services such as advertising and management consultancy.

York

Only one young person under 30 is claiming unemployment bene t.

highest number of rms going out of business relative to population.

Sunderland

Wake eld

Smallest proportion of residents with a high quali cation.

Hull

Steepest increase in unemployment and lowest average pay in the country.

One of few cities to see real value of wages rise.

Milton Keynes

Lowest employment rate in the UK. Forecast to lose 5.6 per cent of public sector jobs over four years.

Swansea

Newport

High levels of long-term unemployment. Fewer than 10 per cent of workers in knowledge intensive services.

London

Sheer size makes it resilient. The UKs highest average pay (although great disparity within the city).