Investment for Growth: The case for micro-economic reforms

How tackling everyday inefficiencies could be the key to unlocking the UK’s economic potential.

Britain stands at a crossroads. While debates around economic growth often dominate headlines, the underlying causes of the UK’s stagnation are less frequently addressed — and even less frequently solved. Investment for Growth: The case for micro-economic reforms sets out to change that narrative.

This compelling report from Bidwells challenges the conventional focus on top-down, macroeconomic levers, and instead highlights a different, more grounded path to national renewal: the urgent need for targeted micro-economic reforms. These small but powerful changes — in how we plan housing, fund innovation, train workers, and procure public services — could collectively reawaken productivity, restore public confidence, and set the UK on a more sustainable course for growth.

With productivity flatlining, wages stagnating, and a widening generational divide, Britain is facing more than just an economic crisis — it’s grappling with a crisis in confidence. The housing shortage, persistent skills gaps, and underinvestment in high-potential sectors are symptoms of deeper structural inefficiencies that this report interrogates head-on.

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