Where to get the best bang for the buck in the United Kingdom? Industrial strategy, investment and lagging regions

Posted by oecdecoscope. The United Kingdom has large regional disparities in productivity which contribute to differences in living standards across the country, while its less productive regions also hold back overall economic performance (OECD, 2017). High levels of productivity in London are widespread across nearly all sectors, especially among knowledge intensive services such as finance and insurance and information and communication technologies (ICT). More...