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Research Assistant
Email: sthompson@theworkfoundation.com
Spencer is a Research Assistant at the Big Innovation Centre, supporting work on innovative markets, places and networks, looking at the changing nature of demand and its impact on innovation in the UK economy. Spencer has previously worked for the Greater London Authority’s Economic Analysis Unit and has a Bsc in Economics from the University of Sussex.
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Non-standard working: The implications for future growth and jobs One feature of recent changes in the labour market is a growth in involuntary part-time and temporary workers, those working on a temporary or part-time basis when they would rather find a permanent job or full-time work.
Spencer Thompson 18 April 2012
Creative Industries Tax Relief: more than just Wallace and Gromit? Today the Chancellor extended tax relief to three sections of the UK’s creative industries, animation, videogames and high-cost drama. Broadly this makes a lot of sense. As The Work Foundation have argued in the past, the creative industries have a particularly wide role in the economy, generating significant positive spillovers. We have some world-leading production capacity in these areas, but recent industrial activism in other countries such as Canada and Ireland has moved some key business abroad from the UK.
Spencer Thompson 21 March 2012
The Big Friendly Giant? Will Tesco’s shift in direction change how we view retail Yesterday (5 Mar), Tesco boss Philip Clarke announced a shift in the company’s direction. After a poor fourth quarter in 2011, the heavy-hitting supermarket chain is to invest more in the quality of its fresh produce and customer service, as well as in the choice of products on offer. This is an interesting development which, if carried out on a large scale and replicated by other large retailers, may change how we view retail as a sector.
Spencer Thompson 06 March 2012