On 14 October 2024, the day of the International Investment Summit, the UK government published its green paper ‘Invest 2035: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy’, a ten-year plan designed to promote growth in the UK, with a focus on growth-driving sectors, including the Life Sciences and the Digital and Technologies sectors.

The Industrial Strategy will be informed by the new Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, which is to be chaired by Clare Barclay, CEO of Microsoft UK. The green paper explains that the Advisory Council will be led by evidence and “empowered to advise, make recommendations, and monitor Industrial Strategy policy”. The creation of the Advisory Council is intended to prevent frequent policy changes and ensure “stability and long-termism” and the government has committed to making it a permanent and independent statutory body.

This green paper comes less than a week after the UK Government announced the launch of the Regulatory Innovation Office noting that more plans for boosting growth were to be expected.Continue Reading UK government launches new Industrial Strategy and Advisory Council to boost economic growth