
The UK's productivity puzzle
A tale of two global cities: Has Paris become more attractive than London over the last decade?A comparison with Paris highlights the weaknesses that emerged in London since the financial crisis
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A comparison with Paris highlights the weaknesses that emerged in London since the financial crisis
While London’s stuttering presents an additional productivity challenge, it should be possible for policy makers to deal with two separate productivity problems simultaneously.
Weak investment in intangibles may be one of the explanations behind London’s weak productivity growth.
A discussion surrounding the UK's productivity struggles and what role London plays in national productivity slowdown.
The first blog of this series shows that London’s moved from leader to laggard in terms of the UK’s productivity growth, costing billions to the national economy.
London's productivity growth has stalled since 2007, explaining a large part of the UK's 'productivity puzzle' and leaving it trailing behind its global peers.
Join Centre for Cities and EC BID for the launch of a new report exploring London's productivity.
Cities in the North have higher shares of inactivity due to poor health, as shown in Cities Outlook 2023.
While many cities perform poorly against the national average, they still play an important role in their regions despite this underperformance.
Just because northern towns and cities have a strong manufacturing past doesn’t mean they are well placed to attract manufacturing jobs of the future.