Phil Tomlinson

Immigration is down, should the government be happy? - UK in a changing Europe Jonathan Portes analyses the latest ONS immigration statistics. He argues that net migration has dropped significantly, but that this will expose the...

The unravelling of Reform's xenophobic and half-baked proposals on ILR would be ideal time for Govt to say its own proposals, which I described as "not just unfair and vindictive, but economically irrational" will *not* apply retrospectively to migrants already here.

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This makes a lot of sense.

Place-Based Industrial Strategy and Regional Development at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Place-Based Industrial Strategy and Regional Development at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

Interested in. #Phd in #industrialstrategy #regionaldevelopment. Join @fmfai.bsky.social Chris Dimos at @uniofbath.bsky.social. Details below 👇🏼 @regstud.bsky.social @uresg76.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social

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As you are aware, politicians don’t do ‘trade-offs’..

UK health officials seek to reopen drug-pricing talks amid fallout from Merck exit Health officials and Treasury blame each other for loss of £1bn London centre

A perfect illustration of the trade offs involved in government. Do ministers want to keep down drug prices to help the NHS budget or to raise them to attract and retain Big Pharma which plays a central role in the industrial strategy? on.ft.com/4gkaC8P

The economic pros and cons of building more and more data centres in the UK They suck up energy and water and don’t employ many people, but the UK economy really needs more data centres.

New @uk.theconversation.com piece with @opsprof.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social on #datacentres @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👇🏼

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Initially the benefits of the IT revolution were reasonably widely dispersed, but as the 2000s progressed, competition decreased and they began to be increasingly captured by a handful of huge tech firms, exactly as economic theory would predict. And those tech firms were all based in the US

Enjoyable evening celebrating @zihanwang96.bsky.social ‘s #PhD success at #TheIvy in #Bath with @fmfai.bsky.social 👏👏 👇🏼

New industrial strategy brings Rachel Reeves’ securonomics to life – but will it protect Britain from more supply chain shocks? COVID and Brexit showed how fragile import networks can be.

Latest @uk.theconversation.com + @prt1969.bsky.social & Paddy Bradley on the new industrial strategy, supply chains and securonomics. @ukandeu.bsky.social theconversation.com/new-industri...

Blooms Brothers!

New industrial strategy brings Rachel Reeves’ securonomics to life – but will it protect Britain from more supply chain shocks? COVID and Brexit showed how fragile import networks can be.

Latest with @dgbailey.bsky.social and Paddy Bradley on #supplychains #securonomics and the new #industrialstrategy @uniofbath.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @uresg76.bsky.social @regionalstudies.bsky.social 👇🏼

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British decline in one story.

Any state which finds itself incapable of managing a project as basic as rolling out a 20th century tech between its biggest cities needs to ask itself some profound questions about what hope it has of managing the technologies of the 21st.

Look it’s me, feeling inspired from heaps of fascinating & high quality presentations at #GCEG2025. My thanks & congratulations to the organizers!

For those interested in industrial strategy, consider our open special issue call w details below 😉

ed. w @prt1969.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social

Engaging special session on #industrialstrategy co-hosted with @gretegans.bsky.social at
#GCEG25 at Clark University.
The call for our special issue of @cssjournal.bsky.social (co-edited with Lisa De Propris & @dgbailey.bsky.social) is still open at think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Celebrating @sallyhardy.bsky.social appointment as #industrialfelliw @uniofbath.bsky.social with @andrewbeer.bsky.social and @dgbailey.bsky.social at #TheIvy in #Bath @regstud.bsky.social @sarahayres.bsky.social

UK and EU sign new trade, fishing and defence deal – what do economists think? Maria Garcia is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Bath; and Phil Tomlinson is a Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and I…

On today’s blog, @mariag-unibath.bsky.social‬ and @prt1969.bsky.social‬ discuss how the new UK-EU agreements on trade, defence and borders signal a potential "reset" in UK-EU relations.

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#TradeAgreements #EUUKRelations

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Congratulations to @prt1969.bsky.social‬, Co-Director of the School of Management's Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), on his nomination for the Sir Paul Curran Award which recognises excellence in #research communication.

UK and EU sign new trade, fishing and defence deal – what do economists think? Closer trade ties could cut prices for consumers – but they come with serious political risks for the UK government.

#Brexitreset - Co-Director @prt1969.bsky.social gives his opinion on the implications for the UK #defence and #steel sectors in @uk.theconversation.com @uniofbath.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social theconversation.com/uk-and-eu-si...

The @regionalstudies.bsky.social Policy Debates Best Paper Award goes to @mariaabreu.bsky.social @calvjones.bsky.social and ‪@fcomim.bsky.social‬ for A capability-approach perspective on regional development doi.org/10.1080/0034...)

Watch @prt1969.bsky.social present the award bit.ly/43rbOkI

Huge congratulations to Prof Phil Tomlinson @prt1969.bsky.social on his well deserved nomination for the Sir Paul Curran Award for academic journalism by @uk.theconversation.com. 38 articles bringing analysis and insight to economic events for over a decade 👏 www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

Thanks Ali!

I was delighted to be nominated for this award at @uk.theconversation.com. Thanks to my editor Luke Salkeld for nominating me 👇🏼 @alijonesuk.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social

Fascinating @cgrisbath.bsky.social seminar today by Julie Ratcliffe of @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on attitudes to paying for #socialcare @fmfai.bsky.social @sallyhardy.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social @uniofbathnews.bsky.social @uresg76.bsky.social 👇🏼

Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.

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@elvirauyarra.bsky.social concludes the session presentations talking about #science #technologypolicy in #regions @regstud.bsky.social at #RSA2025

@dfkogler.bsky.social talking about #pathevolution @regstud.bsky.social at #RSA2025

@ronboschma.bsky.social talking about #institutions in #EvolutionaryEconomicGeog @regstud.bsky.social #RSA2025 in #Porto

Next up Maria Savona @regstud.bsky.social #RSA2025 👇🏼

@gretegans.bsky.social kicks off the afternoon session on present priorities/future directions @regstud.bsky.social #RSA2025

Chris Dimos of @cgrisbath.bsky.social talking about #regionalinnovation #clusters & #skills #RSA2025 @regstud.bsky.social @fmfai.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social 👇🏼