East Midlands set to outperform the North until 2020, says report
The East Midlands is forecast to average 1.7% growth in Gross Value Added (GVA) per year until 2020, according to an influential new report.
This puts the region just behind the UK’s average of 1.8%, but ahead of Scotland (1.5%), North West (1.5%) and Yorkshire & Humber (1.4%).
According to EY’s UK Regional Economic Forecast, there has been little progress on geographical rebalancing of the UK’s economy in the last three years and the economic divide between the North and South of the UK will continue to expand (albeit... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
