UK needs hard-edged strategy to reverse productivity decline according to BCG report
Boston Consulting Group warns that Britain must embrace creative destruction to fix stalling productivity. The report urges a focus on high-growth sectors.
The Boston Consulting Group has released a report today, February 23, 2026, finding that corporate sectors in the United Kingdom 
GB that previously drove national productivity growth have fallen behind global leaders. The study recommends that the UK government implement a hard-edged UK industrial strategy focused on higher-growth areas to reverse this trend. This analysis comes at a time when the decline in sectoral contributions to productivity and lower output per worker among weak firms are central concerns for national economic performance.
GB that previously drove national productivity growth have fallen behind global leaders. The study recommends that the UK government implement a hard-edged UK industrial strategy focused on higher-growth areas to reverse this trend. This analysis comes at a time when the decline in sectoral contributions to productivity and lower output per worker among weak firms are central concerns for national economic performance.
