What drives performance and business dynamism in IS‑8 clusters and city region economies, and what barriers prevent innovation, firm growth and productivity improvements? What are the policy lessons to overcome these barriers?
Background
The Industrial Strategy is deliberately place-based, recognising that stronger regional growth is critical for the competitiveness of the IS-8 and the resilience of the national economy. The interventions of the Industrial Strategy aim to support growth in the city regions and clusters with the highest potential to support the IS-8 across the UK.
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