Industrial Strategy
Latest Industrial Strategy Publications
Lessons from the US on Innovation Policy
A commentary by Sir Geoffrey Owen, Head of Industrial Policy at Policy Exchange and former Editor of the Financial Times. Sir Geoffrey examines the reasons for US leadership in two key sectors, information technology and biotechnology, highlighting the important role played by new entrepreneurial firms
Going Round in Circles: Developing a new approach to waste policy following Brexit
Brexit presents a huge opportunity for the UK Government to develop a new approach to waste and resources policy. Rather than adopting the EU’s proposed ‘Circular Economy Package’, which would cost British businesses an extra £2 billion over the next twenty years, the British government should use Brexit to define our own approach.
The New Industrial Strategy
This scoping paper — written by Policy Exchange Economic and Social Policy Research Fellow, Jonathan Dupont, and Head of Environment and Energy, Richard Howard — looks at the big questions surrounding a new Industrial Strategy
Latest Industrial Strategy Blogs
Forging a New Industrial Strategy for Britain
Richard Howard — Policy Exchange’s Head of Energy and Environment — and Jonathan Dupont — Economic and Social Policy Research Fellow — argue that a new industrial strategy is ‘about creating a British economy which is innovative and competitive, which benefits everyone’. This piece first appeared on CapX
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy joins Midlands Engine event
Rt Hon Greg Clark MP joins the panel of Policy Exchange’s event, “A Modern Day Industrial Strategy: What Is The Role Of The Midlands Engine?”
Britain’s historic opportunity to trade
Dr Geoff Raby, former Australian Ambassador to the WTO, urges the UK to begin preliminary free trade discussions with Australia and New Zealand before Article 50 is triggered.
Latest Industrial Strategy News
Using the Lessons of Digital Nudge
Eddie Copeland, Policy Exchange’s Head of Technology Policy, is quoted by LocalGov highlighting the need for a ‘digital nudge’ to help local authorities save money and use fewer resources.
English university finances on ‘unsustainable trajectory’
Policy Exchange’s Higher, Further, Faster, More report is covered by Times Higher Education in an article on university funding. The report called for some university funding to be transferred to the imperilled further education sector.
There is something of a renaissance underway around the British coast. And London needs to watch out.
In a comment piece for City AM, Jimmy McLoughlin, Head of Policy at the Institute of Directors, cites problems highlighted in Policy Exchange’s Silicon Cities report of the graduate brain drain that London is causing for the rest of the UK.
Latest Industrial Strategy Events
Digital Disruption: How will technology change the future of our economy?
Oct 3, 201609.30 – 10.30
Policy Exchange Marquee (ENT 1), The ICC, Cambridge Street, B1 2NP
Science, the State, and the City: Britain’s Struggle to Succeed in Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2016 Jun 28, 2016 Policy Exchange invites you to the launch of Science, the State, and the City: Britain’s Struggle to Succeed in Biotechnology by Sir Geoffrey Owen and Michael Hopkins. Sir Geoffrey Owen in conversation with Matt Ridley Vote of Thanks by George Freeman MP,...
Conservative Conference 2015 | Me.gov: Just how smart do we want government to be with our personal data?
With Ed Vaizey MP, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy; Martin Tisné, Omidyar Network; Hetan Shah, Royal Statistical Society; Emma Carr, Big Brother Watch; Eddie Copeland, Policy Exchange; further speakers to be confirmed.
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