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Skills identified as central to solving UK’s productivity challenge

Productivity is at heart of Government's industrial strategy. Now a new report by researchers, industry, and policy specialists entitled: “The Productivity Challenge: Solving the Puzzle,” looks at a range of positive attributes of the current UK economy and policy sphere which could position it well for growth in productivity.

WMG and WIG (The Whitehall and Industry Group) have collaborated over the past eight months in a series of events relating to the challenge of increasing UK productivity to improve the nation’s competitiveness.

The report focuses on supporting innovation; openness and competition and flexible fair markets; productive finance; resurgent cities and regions; national infrastructure; and skills.

One of the report authors Dr David Clark, WMG Principal Fellow at the University of Warwick concludes that:

“We need enhanced partnership between government, business, funding agencies and universities to address the productivity challenge. I know that WMG, and the University of Warwick, have been building such partnerships for decades and are ready to deliver even more productivity boosting partnerships.”

Wed 14 Dec 2016, 14:00 | Tags: Partnerships