
Elias North
Economy Correspondent
Focuses on economic reporting, labor markets and the relationship between macroeconomic trends and household outcomes. Elias covers work, trade, housing costs, and the public finances behind them. He reads the statistical release before the press release and is interested in the difference between an economy that is growing and households that feel better off, which are not always the same story.
Stories
UK industry concentration is lower than in 2010
Average concentration in the non-financial business economy was lower in 2025 than in the early 2010s, the ONS says.