Industrial Strategy

Bdaily Industrial Strategy coverage

Welcome to Bdaily’s dedicated Industrial Strategy page. Here you’ll find the most up to date news, opinion and advice in relation to the nation’s economic drive.

Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged that the government will be taking an active role in driving British business post-Brexit.

Publishing a green paper outlining the government’s economic plan, the PM has grand plans for investment, skills and infrastructure development, as well as innovation and scaleup encouragement.

Here we’ll be bring you the latest from high politics to regional business developments, keeping you informed of all the latest in Britain’s economic developments and Industrial Strategy.

Industrial Strategy

SMEs secure first slice of £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund

CBI President Paul Drechsler (left) and Middlesbrough College STEM director Ian Smith (right) tour t

CBI President backs Teesside’s skills training approach

Paul Drechsler, President of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), visited Teesside recently to lend his support to the region’s…

Waste Management firm gears up for busy summer

NORTH EAST waste management firm Total Recycling Services is planning for a busy summer, celebrating its recent successful quality audit…

The event takes place in London, April 27th.

Cleantech Innovate 2017: Finalists revealed for green technology conference

Thirty six handpicked companies will showcase the best in clean, green, low-carbon technology at Cleantech Innovate 2017 this month. Taking place…

Construction Sector Safety App Will Set New Standards

A North East-based construction safety and risk management company is partnering with Northumbria University to develop a new digital approach…

Last year's Derbyshire manufacturing forum

Free Brexit support event for Derbyshire’s manufacturing businesses

Following the triggering of Article 50, manufacturing businesses in north Derbyshire can find out more about the support available to…

Northern Powerhouse Minister Andrew Percy

Northern Powerhouse ‘firing on all cylinders’ as 8 new partners back scheme

Minister Andrew Percy believes that the Northern Powerhouse is ‘firing on all cylinders’, following the addition of eight new partners. Pioneered…

Communication bottlenecks are frustrating UK workers

Despite two thirds (66%) of employees claiming to be happy to be contacted out of working hours, only 50% of…

Alistair Westwood and Nicola Hetherington, of the CBI, with Chris McDonald, CEO of the Materials Pro

Materials Processing Institute engages business community in Industrial Strategy discussion

The Tees Valley business community’s unrelenting drive to get involved with the government’s Industrial Strategy has carried on at pace…

Tees Valley LEP reveals five new Board appointments

The Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has added five new faces to its Board to help drive economic upturn…

Breaking news: Carillion is tasked with designing and building a communications centre in Cyprus.

Carillion wins £90m DIO contract

The UK Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded a £90m contract to British construction company Carillion. The Wolverhampton-headquartered business, which has…

L to R: TTE Managing Director, Steve Grant and Andrew Battarbee from BEIS meet apprentice Arslaan Ma

TTE event continues Teesside's collaboration with government on Industrial Strategy

Teesside’s determination to play a key role in the government’s industrial strategy has continued this week, as one its specialist…

Chris Stockton, MD of Ningbo, Wrexham, with the company's nine latest recruits from left: David Gard

Nine new recruits at growing Ningbo Palletised Distribution

An award-winning transport and logistics company has taken on nine new members of staff on the back of continued growth. And…