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

The Institute for Environmental Analytics selects C8 Consulting to support launch of Data Tree data management course

David York, regional vice president, UK and Ireland at Epicor Software

Manufacturing Sector Set for Significant Change in 2018

Manufacturing, along with virtually all other industries, is going through a significant period of change. Driven by rapid technological development…

Tees Valley authority to invest over £3m into high-end office space development

Tees Valley Combined Authority has today (February 5) agreed to invest £3.23m to deliver high quality office accommodation in the…

Government unveils plan to tackle UK digital skills gap wth new £20m Institute of Coding

The government is tackling the UK’s digital skills gap by launching a new £20m Institute of Coding - a consortium…

L-R: Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Peter Dowd, Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram

Shadow Chancellor backs multi-billion pound Mersey tidal project

John McDonnell MP has announced his support of the Mersey tidal energy project. The Shadow Chancellor was in Liverpool on Thursday…

Next phase of Gateshead's £350m regeneration begins Spring 2018

The second phase of Gateshead’s ambitious £350m housing-led regeneration programme is to begin in the spring. Planning consent has been granted…

Future eyewear global leader Essilor-Luxottica in the final race

*After a few glitches due to red tape, European eyewear-specialists Essilor (France) and Luxottica (Italy), are inches from finalizing their…

Industrial Strategy: Government to boost life sciences in latest sector deal

The Government has today (December 6) announced a deal with the UK life sciences sector as part of its Industrial…

Industrial Strategy: South East bias will scupper Northern growth plans, says Metro Mayor

The UK’s hard-wired bias towards the South East could frustrate the Government’s proposed Industrial Strategy to raise productivity in the…

L-R: Steve Furber, Kameliya Dimova, Ashwin Kumaraswamy, Michael Denham, Tong Gu (ADV), Sir Hossein Yassaie and Mike Dimelow

Manchester startup lands £1.3m investment to pioneer next-gen AI systems

Tech startup MindTrace has raised a £1.3m investment as it looks to pioneer the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI…

Industrial Strategy: Government taps ‘golden opportunity’ with £420m Construction Sector Deal

A new deal between the Government and the construction industry with the potential to add billions of pounds to the…

Devil will be in the application of the Industrial Strategy

Tony Hague, Chairman of the Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN) and MD of PP Control & Automation, reacts to the launch…

Industrial Strategy: How will the North East and Tees Valley help shape the economy to come?

The government released a revised long-term vision for building a more prosperous and productive Britain yesterday, with the unveiling of…