The Industrial Strategy: taking clean growth to the next level

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The government's Industrial Strategy is a good start - but for the UK to lead in clean growth it needs to attract investment in project pipelines, local supply chains and skills, argues Nick Molho of the Aldersgate Group  

When publishing its Industrial Strategy in November 2017, the government set four "Grand Challenges" that would help increase the productivity of the UK economy and improve its competitiveness in growing...

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