Business is the wealth generator of the UK, and small and family businesses are the often neglected heart of the UK economy, with family businesses alone employing nearly four in ten of the UK’s workforce. We propose ways to make the UK an economy all businesses can thrive in.
Credit where it’s due
James Conway and Michael O’Connor examine the case for credit easing to SMEs and recommend a least distortinary intervention
Growth, Growth, Growth: New ideas for growth and prosperity in the 21st century
Six Conservative MPs put together components for a growth agenda, including reforms to tax, finance, wefare, infrastructure, trade and the European Union.
Escaping the Strait Jacket
The MP for for Esher and Walton, Dominic Raab, explains how employment legislation and regulation can be reformed to ease the costs on business and encourage job creation.
The Endgame for the Eurozone?
It is to be hoped – though it looks unlikely – that the measures that President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel have been seeking to organise will buy time to address the fundamental, underlying problem of the major decline in competitiveness of the Southern economies compared with Northern Europe, under a common currency. If the EU does not come up with a realistic, long-term solution, a chaotic breakup of the Euro in due course is inevitable.
Adrenalin Now
In a CPS Pointmaker, Ryan Bourne explains why George Osborne needs to cut taxes if the economy is to grow, and outlines how the Chancellor can afford it.
After the Age of Abundance
The Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee critiques the Government’s approach to growth
Guilty Men
The Chief Political Commentator of the Telegraph reviews the debate surround the UK’s proposed Euro entry.
The £100 billion negotiation
CPS research fellow and pensions expert Michael Johnson explains why the Government must win its battle with the public sector unions over pension reform
No To Underwriting: How the Coalition can avoid being ripped off
In this report, John Chown, co-founder of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, outlines a number of measures the government can take to ensure that profits from bank sales are not creamed off by underwriters.
FACTSHEET 10: Marginal tax rates – high and need cutting
In this factsheet, CPS economics researcher Ryan Bourne examines how the marginal effective tax rates faced by individuals are much higher than those suggested by income tax rates alone.
Look Back From the Future: A radical path to growth and prosperity in the 21st century
In this new report, former chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies Lord Blackwell of Woodcote discusses the preconditions for the future prosperity of the United Kingdom and the reforms needed to compete against the global strategic challenges facing the British economy.
FACTSHEET 9: Ronald Reagan’s killer question
In this factsheet, CPS research economist Ryan Bourne examines how much better off households are following the last term of New Labour. He finds that average gross household income has increased by just £1 in the four years to 2010.
FACTSHEET 8: Three for one
In this factsheet, CPS research economist Ryan Bourne examines the scale of job losses in the public sector and the likelihood that private sector employment will outstrip any losses – concluding that the rebalancing away from the public sector is well on course.
FACTSHEET 7: How to reverse the UK’s declining competitiveness
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher and Intern analyse the fall of the UK in three global competitiveness indices since 1997.
FACTSHEET 6: From spot-on to inaccurate – the recent history of MPC inflation forecasts
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne shows how Bank of England inflation forecasts have become progressively less accurate over the past nine years.
FACTSHEET 5: Through rose tinted glasses: the recent history of treasury forecasts
In this factsheet, our Economics Researcher Ryan Bourne shows that Treasury forecasts of GDP growth have consistently been far too optimistic.
