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Knowledge intensive sectors are driving major employment growth in the Cambridge city region – a 20-mile radius from the centre of Cambridge. The sectors grew headcount by 5.7 per cent over the latest year of data (2021-22 to 2022-23), led by an 11.1 per cent increase in life sciences. The data, recorded in the annual Cambridge Ahead monitor, also captures turnover for which hi-tech manufacturing was the standout with growth of more than 18.7 per cent.