If all British cities were as productive as those in the Greater South East, the UK economy would be more than £200bn bigger each year. How can the Government's Industrial Strategy help places raise their games?
For the industrial strategy to succeed in increasing UK productivity, the new chair of the Industrial Strategy Council must follow three core principles.
Paul Swinney addresses some of the responses to our analysis of the productivity ‘long tail’
The 'long tail' of low productivity firms will not be answer to the productivity puzzle, instead the focus should be on the firms that export goods and services locally and beyond.
A greater focus on manufacturing will not bring greater prosperity to people living in struggling cities
Distinctiveness should be the by-product of a successful strategy — not the overarching goal
Cities need to address the skills gaps which prevent many people making the most of existing connections
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Join Centre for Cities and ForrestBrown for this panel discussion exploring how to support high-skilled innovative business across the country.
Join Centre for Cities at this year's Conservative Party Conference 2023 for this panel discussion on economic inactivity across the country, and what can be done.
Centre for Cities says increasing the size of Manchester and Birmingham city centres is an important part of generating prosperity in places elsewhere.
A focus on innovation in big cities is welcome, but a requirement to arbitrarily pick sectors is not.
Join Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities for the launch of new research on how to increase prosperity for Greater Manchester and the UK as a whole.
Two new reports in conjunction with Resolution Foundation and Centre for Economic Performance at LSE set out what choices and trade-offs policy should make to get the cities to make the contribution they need to be making to the national economy.
Join Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities for the launch of new research on how the West Midlands could close its productivity gap.
The launch of Centre for Cities' latest report exploring growth hotspots around the country, and their relevance for policymakers.
Only by building both up and out of cities will we start to close the gap on England’s 4.3 million missing homes.
Recently announced trailblazer devolution deals will see ‘growth zones’ established in the West Midlands and Greater Manchester Combined Authorities. Matthew Coombes makes the case for why they should be established in city centres.
