Strategic economic development reports

Description

There has been much recovery-focused work led by local authorities and GLA including the creation of the Economic Recovery Framework for London. However, there is no
collectively agreed plan for the recovery of London’s Central Activities Zone (CAZ).
This action plan aims to fill that gap, setting out how we will support the recovery and evolution of the CAZ post pandemic.

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Greater London Authority, Central London Forward, Camden Council, City
of London Corporation, Royal Borough
of Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark
Council, Tower Hamlets Council

Description

Following the advice of the Mayor of London’s Workspace Advisory Group, this pamphlet has been commissioned to provide propositional guidance on how new flexible workspace can be brought forward through the repurposing of existing high street buildings.

This pamphlet provides practical guidance and propositions for a reimagination of the relationships between landlords, tenants, operators, and local authorities, with the purpose of reducing the risk profile of vacant units, while ensuring that high street assets create social value by making space accessible for local business and enterprise.

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Commissioned by LEAP following the advice of the Mayor’s Workspace Advisory Group and produced by Architecture 00.

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The Mayor commissioned CognitionX to map Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation across London and identify the capital’s unique strengths as a global hub of AI.

The research shows that London is the European capital of AI, and world-renowned in sectors such as insurance and finance. The findings of this research will inform the actions the Mayor will take to support the future growth of AI across different industries to drive innovation, productivity and growth.

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CognitionX (for Mayor of London)

Description

This research project was commissioned by the Greater London Authority to improve its understanding of the economic interdependencies that exist between London and the rest of the country. The project aims to assist the Greater London Authority in its aims to ensure London leverages its contribution to nationwide employment, productivity and growth and identifies opportunities for city-region collaboration where sectoral complementarities align.

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Arup (for Mayor of London)

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The Mayor’s vision of ‘good growth’ is set out in the draft New London Plan and draft Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy. It recognises that London needs to grow in a different way from how it has done in the past. This report focuses particularly on outlining plans for a ‘New London Mix’ of housing and commercial space, which could support growth and provide much needed workspaces - increasing current industrial floor space supply by up to 20 per cent.

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LEAP

Description

Productivity, or the efficiency with which production inputs (e.g. labour and capital) are being utilised to produce a given level of economic output. Increasing productivity is widely seen as a key enabler for improving living standards in the long term and as a necessary (but not in itself sufficient) condition for inclusive economic growth. It is therefore a key topic in any industrial strategy, including the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for London.
This paper summarises the findings a literature review on the effectiveness of policy levers to enhance productivity at a regional level.

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GLA Economics

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This report reviews the latest evidence to understand why labour productivity is so high in London overall and why its growth has stalled recently. This is a critical issue because, in the long-run, increasing productivity is crucial for economic growth and improving living standards. Boosting productivity growth is
unsurprisingly at the centre of the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for London.

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GLA Economics

Description

Open workspace providers want to provide the right space, for the right people, in the right place at the right price. They need to make their spaces work for all Londoners. Recent rises in rents and rates have significantly affected both open workspace
provision as well as micros and small businesses in the capital. This paper explores the unintended consequences of recent changes to business rates and how they affect London’s open workspaces.

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Capital Enterprise, WorkWILD, Nordicity and Original Futures, for LEAP

Description

Many small, community focused workspace providers offer significant community benefit but increasing costs mean that they are at risk of being squeezed out of the market by larger,
more commercial providers.

Open workspace providers and other stakeholders engaged in driving London’s SME community are supportive of a voluntary workspace accreditation scheme which will recognise and reward community impact. It would be useful for policy makers, practitioners and grant givers contributing to keeping London’s workspace open and affordable for all Londoners.

This document sets out a framework for the accreditation, selection criteria and a scoring system.

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Capital Enterprise, WorkWILD, Nordicity and Original Futures, for LEAP

Description

This document summarises extensive research into the impacts of the 2016 Business Rates Revaluation on London’s open workspaces. It draws upon a linked examination of the potential to introduce a voluntary accreditation system for workspaces with community and social impact which would raise standards and allow local authorities and micro businesses and local communities to understand better the value of open workspaces and how to support them.

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Capital Enterprise, WorkWILD, Nordicity and Original Futures, for LEAP