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No City Left Behind?

Authors:  Neil Lee

Date:  July 2010

No city left behind? Investigates what the geography of the recovery is likely to be, and what policymakers can do to shape it.

A 2020 Low Carbon Economy

Authors:  Charles Levy

Date:  June 2010

Sector:  Knowledge Economy

This report follows a future scenarios approach to consider the potential for the low carbon economy to create new knowledge intensive work.

Flat or Spiky? The changing location of the British knowledge economy

Authors:  Katy Morris

Date:  April 2010

Is the knowledge economy in Britain becoming more or less urbanised?

Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship in 2020

Authors:  Ian Brinkley

Date:  March 2010

How does Britain rise to the challenge of rebuilding its economic model with very little public money?

Driving Economic Recovery: Core Cities - a new partnership with government

Authors:  Will Hutton, Alexandra Jones

Date:  February 2010

This executive summary sets out the agenda for making the eight core cities of the UK at the centre of economic growth and job creation.

Recession, Recovery and Medium - Sized Cities

Authors:  Naomi Clayton and Katy Morris

Date:  February 2010

New research shows how ‘medium-sized’ cities can contribute to economic recovery.

The Landscape of Tough Times

Authors:  Will Hutton

Date:  December 2009

In this essay, Will Hutton captures the challenges that UK businesses now face, outlining the conditions for future success.

The Road to Recovery: Getting Britain back to work

Authors:  David Coats, Ian Brinkley, Naomi Clayton and Sebastian Hung

Date:  November 2009

On the eve of the Pre- Budget report, this paper urges the government to tackle youth unemployment and outlines the specific measures it should adopt.

Accounting for Intangibles: Financial reporting and value creation in the knowledge economy

Authors:  Ricardo Blaug and Rohit Lekhi from Research Republic LLP

Date:  September 2009

This new report highlights the urgent need for UK organisations to adopt a more comprehensive and consistent approach to how they financially record their investments in intangible assets, such as R&D, brand equity and human capital.

Recession and Recovery: How UK cities can respond and drive the recovery

Authors:  Alexandra Jones, Neil Lee, Katy Morris

Date:  July 2009

New research from The Work Foundation shows that, as in the last recession,low skill cities are struggling the most with unemployment and risk long-term decline.

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