
The UK's productivity puzzle
London’s (in)tangible lossWeak investment in intangibles may be one of the explanations behind London’s weak productivity growth.
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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.
Compared to other European countries, Britain has a backlog of millions of homes that are missing from the housing market. Building these homes is key to solving the nation's housing crisis.
While many cities perform poorly against the national average, they still play an important role in their regions despite this underperformance.
Very few parts of the country account for large shares of its economic output.
A common sentiment in struggling towns is that they’ve been overlooked by government in favour of places further south, but this isn’t the source of their problems.
Our first event of 2023, this panel discussion focused on the need for planning reform and how the UK planning system compares internationally.
Dundee’s expanding gaming sector does look to have helped turn the city’s fortunes around. Now policy should attempt to broaden its sources of growth to encourage the further expansion of its economy.