Innovation is now central to how Britain can return to a higher level of inclusive growth. We can expect to see this echoed in the Budget, with better-than-expected growth figures for the last quarter underpinned by AI infrastructure development. That is why innovation should be at the heart of regional and local growth plans.
The Growth and Reform Network (a partnership between Metro Dynamics and The Future Governance Forum) hosted an Innovation Nation summit in Manchester earlier this month with Gordon Brown. The former Prime Minister and chancellor has been making a case for the Government to embrace innovation as one of its core pillars for growth. Our summit brought together leaders from science, industry, investment, universities and national, regional and local government, to discuss what needs to be done to make the UK the ‘innovation nation'.
