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The wrong tail
By
Centre for Cities
| 24 May 2018
The wrong tail
By
Centre for Cities
| 24 May 2018
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Executive summary
Introduction
Box Figure 1: Britain’s ‘long tail’ of unproductive businesses
Box Box 1: Data source
Not all businesses make the same contribution to productivity (or should be expected to)
Box Figure 2: Distribution of firm level productivity by exporting and local service businesses for Great Britain, 2015
Box Figure 3: Share of businesses in the leaders and laggards, 2015
The varying performance of exporters explains differences in productivity across the country
Box Figure 4a: Distribution of firm level productivity in exporters and local services across different geographies, 2015
Box Figure 4b: Distribution of firm level productivity in exporters and local services across different geographies, 2015
Box Figure 5: The share of exporting businesses and jobs that are amongst Britain’s productivity leaders, 2015
Box Box 3: Productivity of businesses in Reading and Hull and Bristol and Sheffield
Box Figure 6: Productivity of businesses in Reading and Hull, 2015
Box Figure 7: Productivity of businesses in Bristol and Sheffield, 2015
Box Figure 8: The share of exporting businesses and jobs that are amongst Britain’s productivity leaders in Reading, Bristol, Sheffield and Hull, 2015
Box Figure 9: The productivity of cities and non-cities, 2016
The gap between leaders and laggards has widened since the recession
The ability of places to attract and grow the more productive element of an export industry depends on the benefits they can offer
Box Box 4: The attraction of non-urban locations in the Greater South East
Box Figure 11: High-skilled occupations share of all jobs in exporters, 2011
Box Box 5: The relative advantages of Reading, Hull, Bristol and Sheffield
Box Figure 12: The benefits of Reading, Hull, Bristol and Sheffield
Box Figure 13: Distribution of firm level productivity in foreign-owned exporters across different geographies, 2015
Policy implications
Box Box 6: The relationship between exporters and local services
Box Box 7: University of Teesside’s management programmes
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