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Grand Challenges

The Industrial Strategy sets out 4 Grand Challenges to put the UK at the forefront of the industries of the future.

How should delivery of the Industrial Strategy embrace rural economies?

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England’s rural areas in 2017 generated gross value added of at least £246 billion and employ 3.5 million people. In this blog, Professor Jeremy Phillipson and Roger Turner, Rural Enterprise UK, Newcastle University, argue the government's modern Industrial Strategy is focussed on creating growth and opportunities for places all over our country.

Coventry leads collaborative research and innovation for the Future of Mobility

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Coventry is in the driving seat on understanding and determining the future of mobility in the UK and overseas, as David Wright explains in our latest Industrial Strategy blog.

Why collaboration is key for the success of local economies

Nigel Tipple from Oxford Local Enterprise Partnership

Collaboration and partnerships across sectors and beyond are key to getting Oxfordshire's economy on the world-stage, argues Nigel Tipple, Chief Executive of Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.