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Local employment charters: re-defining productivity with employers?

By Ceri Hughes Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth, OnProductivity Posted: November 11, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the harsh reality of insecure working conditions that many workers – particularly those in the front line – are subject to. Good employment charters are one way to ensure the security of good work. Implementing good employment charters in local policy agendas can increase productivity and develop more […]

Tagged With: economy, employment, employment charter, Greater Manchester, greater manchester mayor, inclusive growth, jobs, labour market, local economy, local government, OnProductivity, productivity

On productivity and Net Zero

By Jonatan Pinkse Filed Under: All posts, Cities and Environment, Energy and Environment, Growth and Inclusion, Industry 4.0, OnProductivity, Renewables, Science and Engineering, UK economy Posted: October 21, 2022

The UK government has assigned itself with the tasks of boosting productivity in left-behind areas and transitioning to a net-zero economy. In this blog, Professor Jonatan Pinkse explores how the UK can simultaneously improve its standards of productivity regionally while transitioning to a net-zero economy. His policy recommendations include securing green jobs and not using […]

Tagged With: AMBS, british politics, Business Energy & Industry, carbon reduction, climate change, consumption, CPI, economy, energy, environment, Hydrogen, Industry 4.0, infrastructure, innovation, Levelling Up, MIOIR, net zero, OnProductivity, productivity, science & engineering, sustainability, technology

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Uncertain Futures: Voicing the Contributions of Older Women

Elaine Dewhurst By Elaine Dewhurst Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion Posted: October 10, 2022

One of the themes of this year’s International Day of Older Persons is the resilience and contributions of older women. The Uncertain Futures participatory research team interviewed 100 women over 50 about their experiences of paid and unpaid work. In this blog, Dr Elaine Dewhurst from the Law School and the Manchester Institute for Collaborative […]

Tagged With: ageing, caring responsibilities & children, communities, Future of work, gender inequalities, inclusion, labour market, micra, older people, social work, voluntary & social enterprise

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Race equality in Greater Manchester: opportunities and challenges of collaboration

By Nigel de Noronha Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Growth and Inclusion Posted: August 31, 2022

In 2021 the report of the Independent Inequalities Commission for Greater Manchester emphasised the need to put wellbeing and equality goals at the heart of the Greater Manchester Strategy. They recommended the development of a Race Equality Strategy. This led to a collaboration between the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the Centre for Dynamics […]

Tagged With: CoDE, communities, diversity, GMCA, Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, local government, Racial Inequalities, SoSS, wellbeing

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Gender equality and the productivity agenda

Jill Rubery By Jill Rubery Filed Under: Education, Growth and Inclusion, OnProductivity, UK economy Posted: August 24, 2022

The implications for gender equality are rarely discussed in the new productivity and levelling up agenda. It is key for productivity and levelling up policy agendas to address the underutilisation of women’s potential and the undervaluation of women’s work. In this blog, Professor Jill Rubery from the Work Equalities Institute investigates the underutilisation of women […]

Tagged With: gender inequalities, inequalities, Levelling Up, OnProductivity, productivity, work & pensions

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How public procurement can influence innovation, productivity and societal challenges

Elvira Uyarra By Elvira Uyarra Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, OnProductivity, UK economy Posted: August 9, 2022

The public sector is an extremely influential buyer in the market. Through public procurement, the government can influence productivity in various ways. It can develop and scale up productivity-enhancing innovations, and it can reward more innovative suppliers by shaping markets and amplifying innovative practices and technologies. Her applicable policy recommendations focus on improving poignance of […]

Tagged With: Business Energy & Industry, economy, inclusive growth, infrastructure, innovation, LevellingUp, local government, OnProductivity, productivity

The case for a guaranteed basic income pilot in Greater Manchester

By Anthony Rafferty and Alex Macdougall Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth, UK economy Posted: July 27, 2022

While the COVID-19 pandemic and current cost of living crisis has exacerbated social inequalities and economic insecurity, it has also opened a window of opportunity to explore new forms of policy innovation to build back a fairer and more economically secure society. In this blog and in a new report for the Work and Equalities […]

Tagged With: AMBS, economy, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, Levelling Up, local government, poverty, productivity, WEI, welfare, wellbeing

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Creativity, industry and devolved responsibility: how local industrial strategies can support levelling up

Abigail Gilmore By Abigail Gilmore Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Levelling up Posted: July 21, 2022

Local creative and cultural industries strategies can play a key role in devolution policy, and understanding the differences and nuances of local industrial strategies helps inform policymakers looking at cultural and creative industries-led ‘levelling up’. Ultimately, policy should be shaped by local strategy and regional identity as much as national goals. This blog raises policy […]

Tagged With: Arts & Culture, Business Energy & Industry, devolution, economy, GMCA, inclusive growth, Levelling Up, local government, media

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LGBT+ inequalities in adolescent wellbeing

By Neil Humphrey Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted: June 21, 2022

Improving wellbeing in every area of the UK is the overarching ambition of the Levelling Up White Paper, and government has said it will undertake further work to supplement existing wellbeing data at a subnational level. In Greater Manchester, a community-led, hyper-local project is underway to understand and improve children and young people’s wellbeing, and […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, education, Greater Manchester, inclusive growth, inequalities, LGBTQ+, MIE, Pride, SEED, wellbeing, Youth mental health

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What we need to know next about loneliness

By Pamela Qualter Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care, Urban Posted: May 12, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the UK’s mental health, particularly loneliness. Data from spring 2021 found a million more adults were feeling lonely “often” or “always” compared to spring 2020. Now, a recent evidence review for DCMS, led by Professor Pamela Qualter, has set out what we know – and don’t […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, communities, COVID-19, Disabilities, inequalities, LGBTQ+, loneliness, mental health, MIE, older people, SEED, wellbeing

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