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The UK’s productivity has stagnated. This holds back wage growth and living standards, making us one of the most unequal countries in the OECD. We...
The challenges and opportunities of our time demand a new era of global collaboration that reverses the nationalist retreats of recent years. The UK...
The UK has a legally binding net-zero by 2050 target, a commitment to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19 and are the hosts of the COP26 climate...
Building a strong UK-EU relationship – the UK’s largest trading partner - will ensure the UK remains a serious competitor on the global stage...
The UK has set bold ambitions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and to deliver full fire broadband across the UK. But to make ambitions like these...
As the way people work is changing – becoming more flexible, digital and international – the sources of tax revenues from work are changing too. In...
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a lesser-known danger: that the progress businesses have made on diversity and inclusion may be reversed. Diverse...
The UK is a world leader in R&D and now is the time to play to our strengths. Investment in R&D helps raise business productivity, create high value...
Transport is often in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Expensive, stressful and unreliable commutes negatively impact employee wellbeing and...
Growing UK businesses don’t lack strategy, ambition or talent, but all too often, they’re not getting the finance they need to take their business to...
When a young person has four or more encounters with an employer, they are five times less likely to be unemployed in their adult life. But these...
The economy is changing at an unprecedented pace: more and more businesses are becoming digital and working internationally. But firms are navigating...
The UK has a longstanding history of productivity and income disparities across our regions and nations that have impacted on economic performance and...
Procurement, done well, can improve public services and infrastructure, boost innovation and drive prosperity. It ensures the services we all rely on...
UK productivity has lagged behind the rest of the G7 for a decade, impacting everything from competitiveness through to living standards. But with...
There’s too big a gap between the productivity of the ‘best’ and the ‘rest’ of UK businesses. The biggest difference between them? The use of tried...
The UK’s legacy business rates system does not reflect digitisation, advancements in technology or changing business models, and a patchwork of...
Business relies on infrastructure to keep moving – to transport goods between cities and trade with the world. But only a tiny fraction of projects...
Selling goods and services overseas increases business productivity and growth and has a big impact on regional and national economies. With...
Regardless of Brexit, what happens in the EU will still impact the UK economy - and British business. And we still share many common challenges that...
Businesses’ tax contributions play a vital role in funding our schools, hospitals and public services. But when government departments create polices...
Since January 2017, there has been no devolved government in Northern Ireland. For businesses this has resulted in policy paralysis where key issues –...
Scottish productivity performance has fallen short of its international competitors for decades. Despite the Scottish government’s long-held ambitions...
UK businesses trade worldwide through 40 agreements with 70 countries. But we risk losing these arrangements if post-Brexit continuity is not secured.
Changes to immigration rules after Brexit will be a significant shift for employers. The status quo cannot continue. A fresh approach to immigration...
From the furlough scheme to business rates and everything in between, we’ve argued tirelessly on businesses’ most pressing issues – and seen some real results. See the progress we’ve made towards building a UK economy we can all be proud of, and what that means for you.
