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"There's been some progress, like agreeing a Budget, Interim Fiscal Framework, childcare, A5, access to justice & more. But in many major policies we don't see the scale of ambition needed to make a big difference, like water infrastructure, health waiting lists or productivity"

Join us on Friday 31st January as we launch our new report, NI Productivity 2040, examining Northern Ireland’s productivity gap and what policy can do to close it To find out more and register to attend: eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-pro… The Productivity Institute #NationalProductivityWeek

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland has the 3rd highest productivity of the UK’s 12 regions, at £40 per hour worked. Northern Ireland (£36) and Wales (£34) are in 10th and last place respectively. 🔗 Read Ruth Donaldson and David Jordan on productivity performance in devolved nations

This morning Ruth Donaldson David Jordan and I have published our report on how Northern Ireland can close the productivity gap on the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Productivity week! Lots to think about …. LinkedIn post will follow with my reflections later! Well done John Turner David Jordan and their teams

Queen’s Research Calls For Long-Term Strategy To Close Northern Ireland’s Productivity Gap businesseye.co.uk/news/queens-re… via Bloomberg Eye

What's happening with Northern Ireland's productivity performance? John Turner from QUBBusiness and the Northern Ireland Productivity Forum provides his insights on the latest episode of Productivity Puzzles during #NationalProductivityWeek: eu1.hubs.ly/H0ghvPl0

Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald MLA has held a useful update meeting with the independent experts who help advise Economy NI on the implementation of the economic plan. They discussed the progress made on the first year of the economic plan and also how best to work within the

If not learned from history books, take it from Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

How can Northern Ireland close its productivity gap? My QUBBusiness colleague, Ruth Donaldson, outlines what the NI Executive needs to do, based on our recent report for the NI Productivity Forum & The Productivity Institute

Spotlight on Northern Ireland | #NationalProductivityWeek 2025 The NI Productivity Forum at QUBBusiness / Queen's University Belfast 🎓 published "NI Productivity 2040" during National Productivity Week, written by Ruth Donaldson, David Jordan & John Turner: eu1.hubs.ly/H0hNR950

Very pleased to contribute to today’s Powering Productivity Conference organised by Invest NI, discussing the reasons for Northern Ireland’s low productivity and sharing findings from our NI Productivity Forum research for The Productivity Institute

Great paper here from David Jordan asking a really smart question in modern British political debate - if Northern Ireland had always had so much more devolution than the rest of the UK, why is it so poor? A: Because it never really had fiscal devolution. ehs.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

New research out from me today: why has Britain experienced so little productivity growth in recent years? And why (at least up until now) has the US has performed so much better? Spoiler: it’s not just tech companies and energy prices 🧵

Very pleased to share our research on Northern Ireland’s productivity challenge at yesterday’s IoD Northern Ireland lunch at Queen's University Belfast 🎓. You can find out more about our The Productivity Institute research here: productivity.ac.uk/regions-nation… #Productivity #QBSresearch #NIProductivityForum

A very important report from Pivotal - currently there is a lot of talk about the external factors that affect Northern Ireland, but this report is a reminder that there are factors within the control of government here that could lead to better outcomes for NI's economy & people

"Critics argue that Ireland should be using its windfalls to counter its infrastructure deficits. The IMF estimates Ireland has significantly less road, electricity, water, sewage, school and hospital infrastructure than similar small, high-income EU peers"

📽️Is Britain REALLY facing a 1970s-style fiscal crisis? Why are investors so freaked out about UK debt? Is this REALLY worse than under Liz Truss? Who's to blame? Rachel Reeves? The Bank of England? And would a bit of productivity really solve everything? 📈 Your 6 min primer👇