Different regions throughout the UK have very different levels of development and productivity. But what can explain this difference?
Academics at Alliance Manchester Business School look into the causes of the disparity of development and productivity levels within UK regions and the effectiveness of local economic development, education and social strategies.
1. Alliance MBS Research Fellow Dr Marianne Sensier gave evidence to a Treasury Committee on the economic impact of Covid-19 and in particular, how different regions of the UK will recover from the pandemic.
2. Researchers from Alliance MBS have been analysing how COVID-19 cases have been changing nationally and locally in England since the outbreak began.
3. Academics from Alliance MBS have conducted research comparing the economic resilience of UK sub-regions recovering from the 2008 financial crisis and what lessons could now be learnt for recovery from COVID-19.
4. A report titled The Missing £4 Billion: Making R&D work for the whole of the UK says that many UK regions including the North of England have been missing out on £4bn a year in public investment into R&D compared with the rest of the country.
5. A major three-year study of how digital mobility platforms are reshaping cities will look at the huge impact COVID-19 is already having on transport systems around regions in the UK.
6. Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) is partnering with Bruntwood Works to help North West businesses unlock growth opportunities as part of a comprehensive business support programme.
7. Dr Marianne Sensier, Research Fellow at Alliance MBS, has been invited to join the Advisory Board for Centre for Towns. Marianne’s appointment to the Advisory Board is testament to her expertise and experience in understanding the needs of our towns and public attitudes to inform better public policy. Her current research work focuses on economic resilience, investigating social mobility and inequalities across the North of England.
8. A new report from Whitecap Consulting, supported by Alliance Manchester Business School, has found Greater Manchester is home to a thriving and growing FinTech sector, which (outside London) is the largest regional FinTech ecosystem in England.
