The CBI on Britain's Job Creation record
This is what the Managing Director for People and Infrastructure at the Confederation of British Industry had to say about the results of a survey into what their members expect in 2018:
Nick Herbert on his visit to flood hit areas of Cumbria
Please note that the post below was published more than ten year ago on 21st November 2009 Nick Herbert MP, shadow cabinet member for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, was in Cumbria this morning to see the areas affected by the flooding. He writes on Conservative Home about his visit. Here is an extract. I’ve been in Cumbria today to see the areas affected by the floods. I arrived early in Keswick where I met officials from the Environment Agency. Although the river levels had fallen considerably and homes were no longer flooded, the damage to homes had been done. And the water which had got into houses wasn’t just from the river – it was foul water which had risen from the drains. I talked to fire crews who were pumping flood water back into the river, and discovered that they were from Tyne & Wear and Lancashire. They had been called in at an hours’ notice and had been working on the scene ever since, staying at a local hotel. You cannot fail to be impressed by the
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Not quite as bad as half the productivity of France - the most recent OFS bulletin on the subject suggested that UK productivity per hour worked was about 15.9% below the average for the G7 in 2015.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/productivitymeasures/bulletins/internationalcomparisonsofproductivityfinalestimates/2015
It would, however, be a gross and misleading oversimplification to infer that job creation is merely the flip side of poor productivity.
Sadly the UK has lagged behind in productivity growth and absolute levels for decades and there are appear to be a range of causes for this