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Building our Industrial Strategy

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Grand Challenges: How Britain can boost its prosperity amidst global economic shifts

Posted by: Lord David Willetts, Posted on: 8 June 2018 - Categories: Grand Challenges, Strategy
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The Resolution Foundation recently hosted lunchtime discussions of the 4 ‘Grand Challenges’. What lessons do we take from it?

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Business schools have a vital role to play in delivering the Industrial Strategy

Posted by: Professor Martin Spring, Posted on: 4 June 2018 - Categories: Productivity
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The government's Industrial Strategy is fundamentally about improving UK productivity. Business schools and their research and engagement activities have a central role to play.

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People are at the heart of innovation

Posted by: Dr Debbie Buckley-Golder, Posted on: 1 June 2018 - Categories: Ideas, People
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Meeting the challenges described in the government’s modern Industrial Strategy, including the need to increase the level of productivity across the UK, will essentially be achieved by people.

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The real grand challenge is to seize the opportunity of a good later life now

Posted by: Dr Anna Dixon, Posted on: 25 May 2018 - Categories: Ageing society, Grand Challenges
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We are experiencing a social revolution. We are living much longer than our parents’ and grandparents’ generations.

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Counting down to the start of International Business Festival 2018

Posted by: Max Steinberg CBE, Posted on: 24 May 2018 - Categories: Business environment, Productivity
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The International Business Festival is a biennial event hosted in Liverpool celebrating the dynamism and diversity of the global marketplace, and providing significant opportunities for ambitious businesses looking to grow.

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How big data promises big things for diagnostics and healthcare

Posted by: Simon Gillespie, Posted on: 23 May 2018 - Categories: AI and data, Grand Challenges
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Welcome to the fourth industrial revolution. Theresa May has challenged the NHS, health charities and the technology sector to harness the power of data and artificial intelligence to accelerate the diagnosis of chronic conditions.

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Investing in 'green' technologies

Posted by: Nick Molho, Posted on: 18 May 2018 - Categories: Clean growth
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With the recent publications of its Clean Growth and Industrial Strategies, the UK government set a clear ambition to build a competitive, low carbon economy.

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Putting humanities and social sciences at the heart of the Industrial Strategy

Posted by: Alun Evans, Posted on: 18 May 2018 - Categories: Ideas, People
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I have long argued that the humanities and social sciences must be at the heart of any industrial strategy.

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Delivering on our Industrial Strategy

Posted by: The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Posted on: 18 May 2018 - Categories: Grand Challenges, Sector Deals, Strategy
Illustration of the UK at night with red, white and blue lasers shooting into space (detail of the Industrial Strategy front cover).

It may only be May but our Industrial Strategy is already delivering for people right across the country, building a Britain and an economy that is fit for the future.

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Our modern Industrial Strategy sets out a long term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK.

This blog explains what we're doing and showcases the stories of businesses, academia and civil society working to make the Industrial Strategy a reality.

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