bristols industry changed

• bristols traditional industries were based on its function as a port, cigarettes were made using tobacco from the west indes and sherry from the wine imported from bordeaux
• the closure of the city centre port left many empty warehouses, some have been turned into flats and some are being reused for new industry
• bristols employment structure has shown major development have been in the tertiary (services) and quaternary (high tech) sectors
• in 2015, bristols unemployment rate was below the UK average and employment growth in bristol is projected to be higher than the UK as a whole