Research Reports

This report stresses the vital role that public expenditure plays in supporting certain cities across the UK in developing their ‘knowledge’ economies. Cities in both the North and South including Doncaster, Plymouth, Stoke and Hastings rely almost exclusively on the state for generating high value ‘knowledge jobs’ with less than one quarter of knowledge jobs in private businesses. The report argues that in light of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and a shrinking public purse, cities need to do more to co-ordinate efforts in the public and private sectors to maximise the development of the regional ‘knowledge’ economy.