Economy

Transforming the economy after Covid–19: A clean, fair and resilient recovery

We’re at a historic moment. The Covid-19 crisis could mark a turning point in the direction of the UK’s economy and its efforts to address the climate and nature crisis. The economy is in need of...

02/07/2020

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The R&D investment challenge: Moving towards a more research-intensive economy

Innovation is the process by which businesses improve how they do things – whether that be how they produce goods or services, what they choose to produce and how they organise their workforce. More...

08/11/2019

Publication Briefing Economy Business Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Power and prosperity: A strategy for the North to take control of its economy

The North could thrive in the decades ahead. Its economy is significant on an international scale: it is larger than most EU economies, and those of the UK’s devolved nations combined; and it has...

30/07/2019

Publication Report Economy Business Equality Population and demographics IPPR North

SMEs and productivity in the Northern Powerhouse: Interim report

Productivity is a measure of how effectively an economy uses the resources at its disposal (including the labour of its workforce, different aspects of capital such as machinery and technology, and...

26/02/2019

Publication Report Economy Business IPPR North

State of the North 2018: Reprioritising the Northern Powerhouse

The north of England has rarely faced such threat and opportunity. Brexit looms; budgets in essential NHS and council services are at breaking point. The world’s major, long-term challenges –...

05/12/2018

Publication Report Devolution & local leadership Economy Population and demographics Metro mayors IPPR North

Charting a course for the future: How London's startup scene can survive and thrive in the age of Brexit

This report presents the findings of IPPR's research into the tech startup ecosystem in London at a time of deep uncertainty as the prospect of Brexit looms large. The purpose of this research was...

04/06/2018

Publication Report Economy Jobs & skills Business London New Skills at Work Progressive Brexit Science & technology

Why this white paper on industrial strategy is good news (mostly)

P raise be. A Conservative government has published a comprehensive industrial strategy which explicitly acknowledges that the state has a key role to play in steering and coordinating economic...

04/12/2017

Blog post Long read Economy Commission on Economic Justice

Changing Direction: How Industrial Strategy Can Help Remake the UK Economy

Within hours of becoming Prime Minister last year, Theresa May made an important economic statement. She put ‘Industrial Strategy’ in the title of the Department for Business. No longer, she was...

17/11/2017

Blog post Long read Economy Commission on Economic Justice

Industrial Strategy: Steering structural change in the UK economy

This discussion paper argues that industrial strategy should become a central pillar of economic policy. Given the UK economy’s deep structural weaknesses – in productivity, trade, research and...

17/11/2017

Publication Report Economy Commission on Economic Justice IPPR

The northern powerhouse in action

This report demonstrates that, despite the significant challenges facing it, the northern powerhouse already has the seeds of a flourishing 21st-century economy. It now needs a coherent industrial...

15/02/2017

Publication Economy Business IPPR North Report