Clark joins Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
17/12/2024 Former local government secretary Greg Clark has joined the Government's Industrial Strategy Advisory Council. |
Tower Bridge could close due to pay strike
19/05/2023 Several major London tourist attractions could be forced to close after members of the GMB union voted to strike. |
Building a better healthcare cluster
09/01/2020 Outside of the Golden Triangle of Oxford, Cambridge and London, only the North West has been able to develop successful science and technology clusters. Neil Murray reports. |
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Support local industrial strategies to ‘promote a zero-carbon economy’, think tanks say
23/10/2019 Government must support local industrial strategies, with new funding and devolved powers, to promote a zero-carbon economy, according to two think tanks. |
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Greater Manchester aims to be carbon-neutral by 2038
14/06/2019 Plans by Greater Manchester to become the UK’s 'leading green and digital city-region' have won backing from the Government in its new Local Industrial Strategy. |
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Industrial strategy not doing enough for 'everday' sectors warn MPs
19/03/2019 The government’s industrial strategy has focused on high tech businesses but should do more to support other 'everyday' sectors, MPs say. |
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Creative industries to get £20m ‘boost’
07/12/2018 The Government has announced a more than £20m boost to creative industries across England. |
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Ministers to 'super charge' LEP performance
24/07/2018 Ministers have published plans to ‘super charge’ the performance and accountability of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) following a review. |
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Hawthorne: Local industrial strategies could go same way as devolution
04/07/2018 Parts of the country could be left behind when Whitehall rolls out its local industrial strategies, a senior Local Government Association (LGA) figure has warned. |
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Industrial strategy neglecting fortunes of ‘left-behind’ areas, think tank warns
26/03/2018 The Government’s decision to focus its industrial strategy on the most advanced areas of England risks neglecting the economic fortunes of the bulk of the country, think tank warns. |
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Whitehall should invest £65m in health boards to support Industrial Strategy
28/11/2017 The Government's Industrial Strategy must recognise the importance of public health in economic growth, a group representing local government has warned. |
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Industrial Strategy snubs councils
27/11/2017 Business secretary Greg Clark has snubbed councils and empowered local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) in the Government’s long-awaited Industrial Strategy. |
