Posts by: Charlie King
The changing world of work –does IR35 help or hinder?
The majority of the UK workforce is made up of employees, people who work for a public or private organisation and who pay their income tax at source through the pay as you earn mechanism. PAYE (as it is universally …
The World of Work – Taylor Report (UK 2017) – What is the State of Play?
In July 2017, whilst political and media attention was squarely concentrated on Brexit, an important ground breaking review of the world of work was published. The report (entitled “Good Work”) was originally commissioned by Prime Minister Theresa May, …
Living with Uncertainty
A reflection on some of the issues raised by Brexit day.
One of the many data issues raised in recent years has been the problem of uncertainty when seeking to forecast our economic future. So, as part of UKPLC’s review …
The “Red Wall” has answered the question posed by the Chief Economist of the Bank of England
Within days of the momentous Brexit Referendum, the Chief Economist of the Bank of England in a speech in Port Talbot Wales made some telling points about the then current economic assumptions and the belief that successful business statistics, translate …
An investigation of Productivity by Size of Enterprise from 2009 to 2018
There has been a consistent concern about the lack of growth in productivity within the UK economy following from the worldwide financial crash of 2008/2009.
We examined the ratio of turnover to employment as a surrogate for a more precise …
Tough conditions for small businesses?
More than 15 years ago the Bank of England commissioned a series of reports on finance for small firms[1]. The combined reports, part of a bigger ten year program of research, came to some unsurprising conclusions. They are …
“Why is measuring the digital economy so difficult when everything is stored as data?”
This brief write up of the seminar (full seminar here) presented by David Nguyen of ESCoE and NIESR at the Office of National Statistics London office on 14th January 2020 was prepared by Tony Dent of the Campaign …
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
This epic spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood provides a metaphor for the crisis of capitalism as described by Brunko Milanovic in his recent article “The Crisis of Capitalism is not the one Europeans think it is”[1].
Milanovic explains …
POPULATION STUDY – Test Project
Following CMR’s sponsorship of the successful meeting on the Gig economy, held at the National Liberal Club on the evening of the 28th October, we have now published a short report on part of the test work we have been …