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Researcher
Email: asissons@theworkfoundation.com
Telephone: 020 7976 3609
Andrew leads the Big Innovation Centre’s research on markets, place and networks, looking at how innovation works in practice. His research focuses on how the UK economy is changing, how businesses and customers interact in an internet-enabled world, and which parts of the economy are most likely to undergo rapid innovation in the future. These questions have wide-ranging implications for many areas of government policy, from investment priorities to market design.
Prior to the Big Innovation Centre, Andrew worked on the Knowledge Economy programme, where he led a number of sectoral studies on key growth areas in the UK economy. His publications include a high-profile critique of Enterprise Zones, which attracted widespread attention from the media and policy makers, as well as reports on the dramatic rise of business services and the future of manufacturing in a service economy.
Andrew has previously worked as a consultant for Halcrow and AMION Consulting, where he specialised in economic development and environmental economics. Andrew has a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.
His publications include: Britain’s Quiet Success Story: Business services in the knowledge economy (2011); More Than Making Things: A new future for manufacturing in a service economy (2011); Do Enterprise Zones Work? (with Chris Brown, 2011).
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The Big Digital Debate The internet has changed the way we live, and the way that companies do business. But as well as helping us to order our shopping, it has spawned an economy of its own, a digital economy that takes place solely online, through exchanges of content.
Andrew Sissons 13 September 2011
The danger of a low wage, low security job trap Today’s job market figures contain plenty of good news. But for all these positive signs, there are a couple of doubts hanging over these numbers.
Andrew Sissons 16 May 2012
Working families need jobs and growth, not taxation tweaks The Chancellor told us that today’s Budget was aimed at “working families”. His Budget speech focused on tax changes to help those on middle and lower incomes, but in doing so he paid less attention to the real issues: growth and jobs.
Andrew Sissons 21 March 2012
Has the Chancellor given up on the idea of a Budget for Growth? Will George Osborne deliver another Budget for Growth tomorrow? If the usual trail of pre-Budget trails and leaks is anything to go by, those looking to government to take a lead on growth are likely to be disappointed. Of course, Osborne may have kept a suite of blockbuster growth policies up his sleeve for tomorrow to blow away such doubts, but the early signs don’t look good.
Andrew Sissons 20 March 2012
Short-term recession should not distract from long-term economic challenges Commenting on today’s GDP figures, Andrew Sissons, said: “The UK has fallen back into a technical recession, but the underlying state of the economy has not changed significantly."
Andrew Sissons 25 April 2012
Fall in unemployment masking risk of ‘part-time recovery’ The slight drop in unemployment is an encouraging sign after many months of turmoil in the labour market.
Andrew Sissons 18 April 2012
Drop in full-time work suggests business confidence still low There are very few signs of the job market picking up in the new year, despite hopes that the economy has turned a corner.
Andrew Sissons 14 March 2012