Remote work and productivity: which UK firms benefit and why
Join us for the launch of Remote Work and Productivity: Which UK Firms Benefit and Why, a new LSE report by Riccardo Crescenzi (LSE) and Davide Rigo (University of Birmingham and LSE), drawing on a new survey covering firms across the UK and conducted in collaboration with CBI Economics.
The Report shows that remote work is now a structural feature of the UK economy, yet outcomes vary sharply. A clear divide emerges between firms equipped with the organisational capability to implement remote work effectively and those that are not. Firms that adopted remote work early, invested in training and introduced formal management practices are far more likely to report productivity gains. Remote work expands recruitment opportunities for most firms but these benefits are heavily concentrated among larger firms and in the South East, raising important questions about regional inequalities.
Riccardo Crescenzi and Davide Rigo present the main findings of the report, with commentary from Paul Swinney (The Data City) and moderation by James Fransham (The Economist).
Meet our speakers and chair
Riccardo Crescenzi (@crescenzi_r) is Professor of Economic Geography and Deputy Head of Department for Research at LSE. A leading scholar in the economics and geography of innovation, he has held a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant and currently serves as the LSE Principal Investigator for a major Horizon Europe and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) project on inequalities in the era of global megatrends.
Davide Rigo is an Assistant Professor in Business Economics at Birmingham Business School. He is an applied economist, interested in technological change, innovation and international economics with a focus on the role of firms.
Paul Swinney is Chief Economist at The Data City. Paul is a prominent thinker and researcher on the economic performance of different parts of the country, the impact this has on national economic performance and what this means for economic policy and industrial strategy.
James Fransham is a data journalist on The Economist’s data team in London. He joined The Economist as a researcher in 2009 and in 2014 was made the newspaper’s first data correspondent.
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