Graham Pontin as the Company Director and Senior Economist at GPontin Ltd and as a Associate of WPI was asked to support the development of innovative research for a client. Where once the PC was the focus of internet activity, with low portability and slow access speeds, this is no […]
Graham Pontin as the Company Director and Senior Economist at GPontin Ltd and as a Associate of WPI was asked to support the development of innovative research for a client. The Northern Powerhouse is at the heart of the Government’s ambitions to create a lower welfare, lower tax and higher […]
Today IPPR released its latest overview of its European jobs and skills market report which was done in collaboration with The JPMorgan Chase New Skills at Work programme. The report found that Europe continues to face significant challenges when tackling unemployment underemployment and inactivity. The effect of the recession is […]
About MLD Support MLD Support Association UK was set up to bring hope to families in the fight to eradicate Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD). Their main aim is to support families and sufferers of MLD by way of shared information from people in similar circumstances who have already experienced the effects […]
The final Budget before the election was always going to struggle to provide sizable giveaways with such tight public finances, but even so there were some interesting surprises. The most innovative of these was the announcement of a Help to Buy: ISA, where for every £200 a first time buyer […]
The 2014 Autumn Statement left little room for manoeuvre, the deficit is not as low as the government would like and the temptation for giveaways is significant. What can be said though is that whilst the deficit challenge remains, the focus on innovation and reform rather than grand gestures is […]
Whilst the 2014 Budget was unlikely to be one of significant spending given the fiscal constraints that continue to challenge government, it did provide a backdrop of significant innovation in several policy areas which has not been seen for a number of years. The most significant of these innovations was […]
This paper is the final paper in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail the rational and practicalities of establishing a State Investment Bank. Key areas explored in the paper: A State Investment Bank could play an important role in long term economic policy A State Investment Bank would […]
This paper is the fifth in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail the current market conditions, challenges and rationale behind the Green Investment Bank. It concludes that whilst the Green Investment Bank is a step in the right direction, there are some issues which if left unchecked, […]
This paper is the third in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail improvement that could be made to the procurement within Public and Private Finance Models (PPFM). Issues explored in this paper include the concept of flexibility, transparency and the use of a centralised resource to improve procurement efficiency and reactiveness, […]