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Slow productivity in the UK economy

Geoff Riley

15th March 2015

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In this BBC news video, Robert Peston has been finding out why productivity in the UK has fallen since 2008 - and what can be done to improve it.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty 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 and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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