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Businesses at both ends of the productivity scale will benefit from access to the right people and skills; an improved infrastructure; and availability of ‘affordable’ housing.

Business need to adapt their people strategies.  The businesses that will be most successful in driving productivity will be those that optimise the benefits of new technology and AI, whilst enabling the progressive up-skilling and deployment of their talent in higher value activities.  Talent will be attracted to (and retained by) those businesses and organisations that provide a structured curriculum of personal and skills development.

Connectivity, whether physical (road and rail) or digital, is an area identified by many businesses as an enabler of medium term productivity gain.  There are great examples of neighbouring authorities, institutions and businesses working collaboratively in this regard – we need to do more of this.