A ‘Global Britain’ depends on an innovative economy
Our new Matthew Boulton Associate Fellow in Economic Modernisation, Ben Brittain, discusses Britain’s productivity challenge and what can be done about it
Ben Brittain is a researcher at City-REDI based at the University of Birmingham. His research aims to better understand what drives growth in city regions and inform and influence regional and national economic growth policies. This has included published research on subnational government in the United Kingdom, devolution and independent economic monitoring and reviews.