The North East’s productivity top spots
Stockton and Sunderland are the only council areas in the North East with productivity above the UK average, according to figures this week from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).…
Tough choices needed to reduce productivity gap – report
Reductions in the productivity gap between London and Britain’s other big cities will not be achieved easily, will not necessarily include Newcastle and will not on their own benefit poorer…
Two decades of development policy have levelled North East productivity DOWN
Twenty-two years of regional and local economic development policy have done absolutely nothing to level up labour productivity in the North East relative to the rest of the UK. In…
Small mercies for North East in latest economic statistics
Confirmation that productivity in the North East economy did not slump during the pandemic as much as in some other parts of the UK comes today for the second time…
Devolution Can Boost Productivity, If …
Devolution is positively associated with productivity – and therefore economic growth – in functional urban areas, but only if linked to good quality institutions and limited fragmentation, new research has found. If these conditions are not met, devolution is negatively linked to urban labour productivity, according to the international research by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [1] presented at an online conference by the Centre for Cities.