Ewen Stewart is the Director of the Institute of International Monetary Research at the University of Buckingham. His background is as an economist whose career has spanned over 30 years having worked for major London-based investment banks and directing an economic consultancy. He is also Director of the think-tank Global Britain.
The Growth Commission is co-hosting a major one-day conference with the Institute of International Monetary Research in March 2026 which will be of interest to anyone wanting to understand the UK’s current economic plight and what could be done to fix it. The conference has the theme ‘Mending Britain’s Broken Economy’ and a stellar line-up […]
Growth Commission member Douglas McWilliams has issued the following response to the GDP figures for November 2025 that have been issued this morning: “After four weak months, we saw GDP up by 0.3% in November, with the increase principally coming from the UK’s strongly growing tech sector, which bounced back after its decline in October. […]
Growth Commission member Ewen Stewart has issued the following response to the GDP figures for October that have been issued this morning: “The UK economy continues to fail. Today’s GDP figures for the three months to the end of October show the UK economy in decline: production fell by 0.5%, impacted by the continuing self-inflicted decline in […]