Trading places home

Comparative advantages in a competitive world

How does the UK rank as a competitive location

How business uses the world as a source of competitive advantage

Building a UK competitiveness policy

Business and government must jointly own the competitiveness agenda

A barometer of the future health of the UK is the competitiveness of its resident business community. It is critical that businesses of all sizes continually review their operating models as globalisation gathers pace. As a result, UK business needs to fashion a new business model and operating processes. This change in agenda needs to be focused around three factors:

1. Building global and national networks.
2. Evaluating and optimising networks.
3. Owning and accelerating the mindset change.