• Episode 6 - Can Scotland be an entrepreneurial hub?
    Oct 14 2024

    In this episode we are joined by Kerry Sharp, Director Entrepreneurship & Investment, Scottish Enterprise. With a focus on investment and scaling, we discuss why scaling businesses are important for the Scottish economy and what are some the barriers that we have to overcome.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 5 - Skills & Education: Unlocking the Future Economy
    Oct 3 2024

    What will Scotland’s future workforce look like and what skills will it need? With Tera Allas, Director of Research and Economics, McKinsey and Company we explore the importance of employers embedding a culture of lifelong learning to shape the skills we need for Scotland's future economy.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 4 – Net Zero and Economic Growth
    Sep 24 2024

    Chris Stark, newly appointed Head of the Mission Control for Clean Power for the UK Government, talks about what is needed for the UK to become a clean energy super power and the crucial role that Scotland will play in achieving that transition.

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    40 mins
  • Episode 3 - ESG: What Purpose-led Means in Reality
    Sep 19 2024

    Prosper’s Business Purpose Commission report shows businesses that are purpose-led and find profitable solutions to the problems of people and the planet, are more successful in the longer-term.

    Hear from Amanda Young, sustainability veteran with over 25 years experience and Co-Chair of the Business Purpose Commission, about what does being a purpose-led business mean and how can this can be achievable for all businesses, not matter what their size.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 2 - Cracking the Productivity Conundrum
    Sep 12 2024

    Increasing productivity and innovation in Scotland is crucial to transforming the economy, however it often remains unclear to businesses how they should be thinking about productivity and how to incorporate it into their everyday actions to add value.

    Professor Bart Van Ark, TPI Managing Director and Principal Investigator and Professor of Productivity Studies at the Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester discusses how we can overcome the key challenges facing Scotland in terms of productivity and what businesses can do to increase productivity.

    Peer Works, a programme delivered by Prosper, has a formal partnership with the Productivity Institute (The University of Manchester) and its Scotland Productivity Forum (led by the University of Glasgow) to drive increased productivity across Scotland.

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    36 mins
  • Episode 1 - Fair, Green and Growing
    Sep 3 2024

    In our very first episode of Prosperity Unlocked we are joined by Professor Graeme Roy, Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission, Professor of Economics and Dean of External Engagement and Deputy Head of College (Social Sciences College Senior Management), University of Glasgow.

    We explore whether the mission for Scotland’s economy to be fair, green and growing can be achieved.

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    40 mins