Long-term trends and strategic challenges
Getting economic growth back on track in the East of England
The East of England’s economy has been successful over the past 20 years and this has contributed to the attractiveness and population growth in the region. However, continued economic success is not guaranteed. For the past five years, the East of England's economic growth rate has lagged behind the national growth rate, as shown at Figure 2. Despite having one of the highest long-term economic growth rates amongst UK regions, recent performance is a cause for concern.
The main challenges for the East of England are to raise rates of productivity growth, increase entrepreneurship and to better manage the impacts of economic success in terms of economic participation and environmental quality.
