Better outcomes for people,
firms and places.
Unlocking the UK’s productivity potential.
Exploring what drives better outcomes
National Productivity Week 2026 will explore how productivity can drive better jobs, stronger businesses, and more prosperous communities across the UK.
Regional Productivity Agenda
A guide to the productivity performance of the English regions and devolved nations, released during National Productivity Week 2025.
The Productivity Primer
How is productivity defined? How is it measured? How can it be best understood for firms and places and how does it contributes to inclusive growth?
Joining Up Pro-Productivity Policies in the UK
Improving the poor UK productivity performance at the aggregate, regional and sectoral levels requires sustained political leadership, significant public and business investment, as well as close policy coordination.
Find out about all of the events happening across the UK for National Productivity Week 2026. More details will be announced soon.
Ask the Expert podcast #1: Philip McCann
Join our live, daily podcast: the first episode will explore why regional productivity gaps emerge and how effective place-based policy can help.
Productivity and the case for investment in the region
An event exploring how we can better understand the barriers to productivity growth in our region and ways that we can collaborate to address them.
Productivity for Better Outcomes
Join us at Manchester Central Library for an event to showcase The Productivity Institute’s seven integrated research programmes.
Smart Rural Scotland
An online roundtable exploring how Scotland’s rural regions can strengthen productivity through technology, workplace innovation and sustainability.
Ask the Expert podcast #2: Chander Velu
Join our live, daily podcast: the second episode will explore redesigning how organisations create and capture value when adopting technologies.
Strategic Productivity for Impact
Join us at Alliance Manchester Business School for a workshop designed specifically for leaders in the third and public sectors.
Productivity and Innovation in Scotland’s City Regions
Join us for a practical workshop examining how innovation can support productivity improvement across Scotland’s city regions.
Future Ready Finance: Technology, Productivity and Skills
A panel discussion on using AI to boost productivity at scale, redesigning roles for higher value work and the skills that defines future-ready finance teams.
Innovation‑Driven Productivity
How can Scotland’s high‑tech sectors accelerate productivity through tech adoption, advanced manufacturing, automation and innovation diffusion?
Ask the Expert podcast #3: Diane Coyle
Join our live, daily podcast: the third episode will explore why understanding productivity depends on improved economic measurement.
People, Technology and Productivity in Yorkshire, The Humber & North East
The Yorkshire, Humber and North East Forum brings together business leaders, regional policymakers and academics to discuss AI and digital advances.
Harnessing Data for Productivity
A practical workshop led by the Smart Data Foundry on how secure, trusted data can support better decision‑making, innovation and productivity.
Financing Women’s Futures
A roundtable exploring how equitable investment models can support women‑led enterprises to grow, scale and contribute to inclusive productivity.
Skills, Talent and Productivity in Greater Manchester
How can skills policy help close the productivity gap between the UK’s major cities?
Ask the Expert podcast #4: Duncan Ivison
Join our live, daily podcast: the fourth episode will discuss the relationship between higher education, further education and place-based development.
Life Sciences in Scotland: investments, skills and internationalisation
In this half day event we will explore how Scotland’s life sciences sector can strengthen productivity from investments, skills and internationalisation.
Ask the Expert podcast #5: Charlie Mayfield
Join our live, daily podcast: the final episode will examine the role employers can play in supporting people to remain in work.
Wake Up & Learn: Purpose in Business – a practical guide
A morning session launching a practical guide for businesses to help them embed purpose into everyday workplace practices.
Increasing Productivity Through Manager-Employee Relationships
A live, evidence-based experience using immersive, actor-led learning to translate productivity research into real-world practice.
Rural Productivity and Sustainable Growth
Join us for a workshop exploring innovative solutions for rural businesses, including smart energy use, to support productive and sustainable rural economies.
The Role of Regional Data in Driving Productivity
A panel session exploring how high‑quality regional data can drive better decisions, investment and collaboration for UK productivity.
Report: Unlocking Productivity: Collaborative Synergies for Chief Financial Officers
A joint TPI and CIMA report examining the expanded role of the Chief Financial Officer and its importance for productivity.
Report: Navigating the Productivity Paradox: Strategic Insights from Chief Information Officers
The disconnect between rising ICT investments and stagnant productivity gains remains a significant challenge for organisations.
Report: Productivity Through People: New Opportunities for CHROs
A joint TPI and Conference Board report examining six specific people-based levers that Chief Human Resource Officers can use to boost productivity.
Paper: The Productivity Picture: London and the South
The London and South Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
Paper: Scotland’s Productivity Challenge: Exploring the issues – 2025
The Scotland Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
Paper: North West Productivity and Growth Strategies
The North West Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
Paper: Productivity, Training and Skills in Yorkshire, the Humber and the North East
The Yorkshire, Humber and North East Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
Paper: NI Productivity 2040: Addressing Northern Ireland’s productivity gap for greater prosperity
The Northern Ireland Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
Paper: East Anglia: Exploring Economic Strengths and Addressing Productivity Challenges
The East Anglia Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
Paper: Wales’ Productivity Challenge: A Focus on the Future
The Wales Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
Paper: Productivity in the Midlands: Trends, Challenges & Solutions
The Midlands Productivity Forum’s 2025 updated Insights Paper.
What is National Productivity Week?
Productivity matters because it’s what drives improvements in living standards over the long term.
What is productivity?
Productivity is the key to prosperity. Increased productivity can lead to higher wages and household incomes, stronger businesses and better public services.
What is business productivity?
The most successful and profitable businesses are the most productive.
