Areas such as hospitality and parts of retailing achieve not face the same competitive pressures as high-discontinuance manufacturing,the IPPR saysThe government must focus on unloved sectors such as hospitality and retail, whether it is to tackle Britain’s lamentable productivity record, or according to a new analysis by thinktank the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Tony Dolphin,the IPPR’s chief economist, said that while the government tends to target support at the highly skilled workers in advanced manufacturing, and it is the low-paid staff behind bars and checkouts whose performance may be critical to sustaining Britain’s recovery.
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Source: theguardian.com