Publications in: Public Policy

A Guide to Privatisation – Best Practices and Procedures

Published:16 February, 2023

Many countries have privatised some or all of their State-Owned Enterprises in order to improve the efficiency of their economies and raise revenues for the government. Some of the privatisation experiences have been more successful than others and a wealth of knowledge on what works in a privatisation has been accumulated over the last 40 […]

Green Home Finance: Expert Analysis from a Behavioural Perspective

Published:1 March, 2024

Green home finance presents an opportunity to support the UK Government in achieving its Net Zero Ambitions. This study by London Economics and partners Basis Social, Cambridge University and University College London explores the appetite for GHF products amongst consumers, the barriers and enablers to GHF delivery, and how behavioural science can be used to […]

Venture Capital Schemes Evaluation – SEIS and EIS

Published:22 November, 2023

How do HMRC’s Venture Capital Schemes help reduce the challenges early-stage businesses face in struggling to raise finance and how do they impact company performance? London Economics worked with Kantar Public and Ipsos to undertake mixed methods evaluations of HMRC’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and Enterprise Investment Scheme. These schemes aim to incentivise investment in […]

How Can Governments Best Support Businesses During Times of Crisis? An Evaluation of the Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Schemes, Led by London Economics, Addresses This Question

Published:28 November, 2023

In March 2020, in response to the massive disruption caused to businesses by the Covid-19 pandemic, the government rapidly deployed ÂŁ78bn of finance to business through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). The second of three phases of the […]

Evaluation of the Trade Credit Reinsurance (TCR) Scheme

Published:12 July, 2023

The uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic posed serious risks to businesses and by extension to the trade credit insurance (TCI) market. To prevent the likely withdrawal of cover from the TCI market by insurers, the government decided to design and operate the Trade Credit Reinsurance (TCR) Scheme. The scheme’s aim was to support UK […]

Share Schemes Evaluation – CSOP, SAYE, SIP

Published:5 June, 2023

HMRC commissioned London Economics to conduct an evaluation of three tax-advantaged employee share schemes (TASS), which form part of the government’s non-structural tax reliefs. Specifically, HMRC were seeking a quantitative, qualitative and econometric analysis of Company Share Option Plan (CSOP), Save As You Earn (SAYE) and Share Incentive Plan (SIP). CSOP, SAYE and SIP aim […]

Part and Parcel: The Economic and Social Value of Post Office – February 2023

Published:22 February, 2023

London Economics were commissioned by Post Office to analyse the economic and social value of Post Office. Post Office generated an economic impact of ÂŁ4.7 billion in 2021/22 throughout the whole of the United Kingdom, with at least ÂŁ2 million of economic impact originating in every parliamentary constituency. Post Office also supported nearly 50,000 full-time […]

The Creative Industry Tax Reliefs Evaluation

Published:17 November, 2022

1.1 Key points from the evaluation there is strong evidence that the tax reliefs across film, high-end TV, animation and children’s TV have made the UK a more attractive filming and production location, and led to more productions taking place in the UK the reliefs were seen as having aspects which made them competitive beyond […]

Study on the Impact of the Data Act Proposal on European Telecom Operators’ Offerings, Business Models, and Innovation

Published:25 October, 2022

Following the publication of the European Commission’s Data Act proposals in February 2022, ETNO, the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association, commissioned LE Europe, in partnership with Plum Consulting and Wiggin LLP, to produce a study on the impact of the Data Act proposal on European telecom operators. The study investigated how the proposed new rules […]

LE Europe HE Fees and Funding Options in Ireland

Published:4 May, 2022

London Economics’ sister company, LE Europe, as part of the AARC Consortium (incorporating AARC, LE Europe and Indecon) were commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) to provide an analysis of the sustainability of higher education (HE) and further education and training (FET) in Ireland. The project’s general objective was […]

Economic and Distributional Impacts of the Proposed New Enveloped Property Transactions Tax – February 2022

Published:16 February, 2022

This report responds to a request from the Government of Jersey’s Economics Unit to provide an assessment of the economic and distributional impacts of the proposed changes set out in the Draft Taxation (Enveloped Property Transactions) (Jersey) Law. The proposed changes analysed in the report are the introduction of a new Enveloped Property Transaction Tax […]