Something to build on

By Heather Jameson | 20 April 2017

Key figures talk to Heather Jameson about the impact the Industrial Strategy will have on national growth, with local government poised to take centre stage

It is rapidly becoming the mantra of economic growth – there is a productivity gap in the UK that we need to plug, and the Industrial Strategy is being mooted as the solution.

And its not just productivity – the Industrial Strategy is being pitched as the silver bullet to tackle everything from boosting the economy in a post-Brexit world to meeting Theresa May’s pledge in her inaugural speech as PM to build a fairer Britain.

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