Welcoming the UK Competitiveness Index 2008
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- Thursday, 4th September 2008 at 11:46am
We welcome publication of the well-respected UK Competitiveness Index for 2008 and we support the authors' concern that the competitiveness of some rural economies has slipped whilst many more city and urban areas show evidence of improvements.
The Rural Advocate's recent advice to the Prime Minister 'England's rural areas: steps to release their economic potential', drew attention to the unfulfilled potential of England's rural economies. Early action by central and regional government on the solutions suggested in the Rural Advocate's advice would help to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of some weakly performing rural economies.
The Index's value rests in its consistent recording of spatial variation in competitiveness and its components.
Importantly the report also confirms that other rural districts record substantial improvements in overall competitiveness and its drivers. And that many other rural areas still feature amongst the most competitive localities in the UK, either on the composite indices or the key drivers of competitiveness.
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