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Industrial Strategy

Offshore wind: UK export value lies in intellectual property

UK should focus on building intellectual property over manufacturing jobs to maximise opportunity of offshore wind, industry report concludes

  • Wind
  • 04 February 2019
UK unions call for 'just transition' for energy workers

GMB, Unite, Prospect and Unison press for talks with BEIS Secretary Greg Clark to ensure plans for 'clean growth' don't penalise energy sector workers

  • Workplace
  • 19 December 2018
UK aspires to become leader in electric flight technology under new government plans

Joint government-industry Aerospace Sector Deal targets electric and autonomous flights by 2025

  • Aviation
  • 06 December 2018
Government launches £60m green plastic packaging challenge

New innovation challenge to drive development of waste-to-plastic materials and smart packaging breakthroughs

  • R&D
  • 05 December 2018
Active Building: Government announces £36m of R&D funding to support power-generating construction materials

Consortium led by Swansea University secures government funding to support next phase of 'active building' clean energy R&D project

  • R&D
  • 20 September 2018
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Old coal mine to become green heat research hub

Glasgow Council gives green light to plans for a geothermal research hub on site of an old coal mine

  • Energy
  • 29 August 2018
Clean tech to the fore in £780m Catapult Centre funding pledge

Offshore wind, green aerospace innovations, and energy systems among the beneficiaries as Treasury announces fresh funding for UK high-tech hubs

  • R&D
  • 10 August 2018
'Smart construction': New initiative aims to drive 'bytes and mortar' green building revolution

Greg Clark to beef up construction industry sector deal in support of recently announced goal to halve energy use of new builds by 2030

  • Buildings
  • 05 July 2018
Nuclear Sector Deal: Government promises £200m push to drive down nuclear costs

Greg Clark says new investment in R&D and skills will help cement UK's position as a 'world leader' in nuclear power

  • Nuclear
  • 28 June 2018
Why the PM is right to place science and research at the heart of the Industrial Strategy

Now is the time for the construction sector to invest in science and research, argues BRE's director of sustainability Martin Townsend

  • Policy
  • 25 June 2018
Government backs business smart meter innovation trials

New £8.8m initiative to help small and medium sized businesses pilot innovative approaches for curbing energy use

  • Efficiency
  • 19 June 2018
The Industrial Strategy: taking clean growth to the next level

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  

  • Investment
  • 04 June 2018
People Power - The missing plank in the government's new clean growth plans

E3G's Simon Skillings argues Theresa May's new energy efficiency goal may be welcome, but like the rest of the government's Clean Growth Strategy it is guilty of side-lining consumers

  • Policy
  • 22 May 2018
GovTech: £20m innovation competition launched to tackle waste and congestion

Government kicks off first round of funding competition designed to help tackle social challenges

  • R&D
  • 14 May 2018
Clean tech opportunity: Government launches £1bn AI sector deal

Ministers aim to make UK an AI research hot spot as clean tech firms seek to exploit machine learning opportunities

  • IT
  • 26 April 2018
Sir John Armitt appointed chair of the National Infrastructure Commission

Infrastructure chief says influential commission will remain committed to tackling thekey challenges of "congestion, capacity and carbon"

  • Infrastructure
  • 18 January 2018
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Clean Growth Plan: Why business needs to step up to the plate

Parts of the business community must up their game in the UK fight against climate change, argues Committee on Climate Change Chair Lord Deben

  • Legislation
  • 17 January 2018
Government must beef up Clean Growth Plan to hit legal carbon targets, warns watchdog

Committee on Climate Change gives Clean Growth Strategy a mixed reception, welcoming change in tone towards climate action but warning pledges don't go far enough to meet legal targets

  • Legislation
  • 17 January 2018
Does the Auto Sector Deal sign post a future of EV dominance?

Sector deal sets electric propulsion as the clear destination for the car industry, but more detail is urgently needed on national charging infrastructure strategy

  • Automotive
  • 11 January 2018
Green Steel: SIMEC Energy seals hydro deal and targets 1GW of renewable power capacity

Gupta family's SIMEC Energy to buy Green Highland Renewables and reveals plans to build 1GW of renewables capacity in the UK by 2021

  • Marine
  • 05 December 2017
Construction's Sector Deal majors on cutting carbon

BEIS releases more detail about one of the first Sector Deals under the Industrial Strategy, revealing ambitions to cut carbon emissions in built environment by 50 per cent

  • Legislation
  • 29 November 2017
Business must decarbonise to stay competitive, new report warns

Key UK sectors including automotive and chemicals industries risk losing out to foreign competition if they don't adapt to rising demand for low-carbon goods and services

  • Work
  • 29 November 2017
It's 6 out of 10 for the government's new Industrial Strategy

Jill Duggan of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group argues the government's new strategy promises plenty for the green economy, but lacks the necessary detail

  • Policy
  • 29 November 2017
Industrial Strategy gets green steel vote of confidence, but questions over business impact remain

GFG Alliance gave the Industrial Strategy the thumbs up yesterday, but industrial observers still want to see more detail on how the government's clean growth plans will work

  • Policy
  • 28 November 2017
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