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How BAE is tackling the productivity gap
4th December 2016
Britain's relative low level of labour productivity is widely recognised as one of the UK's key structural economic weaknesses. The FT has paid a visit to BAE Systems' new training academy near Preston in Lancashire to see how they are tackling the challenge of lifting labour efficiency through investment in cutting edge capital technology and complementary spending to improve human capital.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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