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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

‘People have a right to be happy’: the former Waitrose boss on how the UK can boost productivity

He sits at a desk smiling broadly
‘People want to feel valued’: Mark Price, founder of WorkL and former managing director of Waitrose. Photograph: Supplied

Is being happy at work the key to the UK government’s goal of boosting productivity and economic growth? The former Waitrose boss turned big company adviser Mark Price certainly thinks so.

Solving widespread worker unhappiness would be good for the UK’s army of workers and getting people back into the workforce, as well as being the answer to many of Britain’s economic woes, he says.

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