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Is AI the game changer for business productivity?

Join the National Productivity Week event in Manchester on 28 November 2023, hosted in conjunction with Be the Business to learn how to transform AI's potential into real-world business success.

NewsNov 10, 2023

National Productivity Week: a collaborative effort to boost the UK’s productivity

From November 27 to 1 December 2023, a diverse range of events will be held across the length and breadth of the UK as part of National Productivity Week.

NewsNov 10, 2023

The Productivity Agenda – a blueprint for boosting the UK’s productivity

Highlighting key areas of policy for leaders to focus on so the public, private and civic sectors can be better equipped to translate productivity gains into improved living standards and well-being across the UK.

NewsOct 24, 2023

What makes firms productive? Productivity Podcast blog

This edition of the Productivity Puzzles Podcast looks at the world of business productivity and how data-driven insights shed light on what makes firms truly productive.

InsightsOct 12, 2023

Driving change in UK housing construction: a Sisyphean task?

This research identified five primary issues that limit the use of MMC as a way to improve productivity in housing construction.

Executive SummariesOct 4, 2023

Are Pro-Productivity Policies Fit for Purpose? Productivity Drivers and Policies in G-20 Economies

This paper investigates the productivity performance of the G-20 to extract lessons for the long term that can help shape a more adequate and consistent policy framework for tackling the global productivity slowdown.

TPI Working papersSep 28, 2023

The dynamics and economic effects of tipping points in UK offshore wind and electric vehicles

Analysing the dynamics and economic effects of tipping points in offshore wind and electric vehicles deployment.

InsightsOct 3, 2023

Tackling the UK’s regional economic inequality: binding constraints and avenues for policy intervention

Presenting five stylised facts about the defining features of the UK's regional economic equality problem, which is best characterised by productivity differentials between London and the greater South East versus the rest.

External PublicationsSep 7, 2023

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Why does the UK do so well on the Global Innovation Index?

PRODUCTIVITY PUZZLES EP 30
podcast
Nov 10, 2023

What makes firms productive? Lessons learned from across G7 economies

PRODUCTIVITY PUZZLES EP 29
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Oct 12, 2023

Science, Technology, Innovation and Pro-Productivity Policies

PRODUCTIVITY PUZZLES EP 28
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Aug 31, 2023
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