An industrial strategy, detailed by Business Secretary Vince Cable on Wednesday, identifies five main areas in which government action could boost economic growth.
Dr Cable used the automotive and aerospace industries as examples of thriving sectors which had benefited from some government assistance and collaboration. He said that a co-ordinated industrial strategy would bring “substantial rewards over a long period”, and cited Britain’s success in the Olympic and Paralympic Games as an example of long term planning and graft…
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