Developing an Industrial Strategy for the UK

Date: 27 February 2012

Monday 27 February 2012
08.30 - 12.45
Livery Hall, Guildhall,
London EC2V 7HH
 
In an age of globalisation and rapid technological change, what steps must the UK take to rebalance the economy and improve productivity and real wages whilst delivering environmental sustainability and social justice?
 
The Resolution Foundation, IPPR, and the New Economics Foundation held a conference bringing together senior politicians, leading academics and business leaders to discuss what an industrial strategy for the UK should look like.
 
Speakers included:

•         Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
•         Iain Wright MP, Shadow Minister for Competitiveness and Enterprise
•         Sir Geoffrey Owen, London School of Economics
•         Tim Page, TUC
•         Rod Bristow, Pearson UK
•         Charles Seaford, new economics foundation
•         Ian Coleman, PwC
•         Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge
•         Geoff Mulgan, NESTA

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