Blueprint for UK Competitiveness

The UK economy has faced transformative challenges over the past decade, including the global pandemic, shifts in international trade, and a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. If harnessed correctly, these challenges present opportunities for the UK to lead the G7 in economic growth.

In this Blueprint for UK Competitiveness, the CBI identifies five critical economic shifts that need to be leveraged for the UK to gain a competitive advantage, then unpacks five policy tools to drive such growth across all segments of the UK economy.

Alongside this five-by-five model, the CBI emphasises the need, first, for a modern industrial strategy that embraces trade and foreign policy while prioritising innovation, sustainability, and collaboration across sectors, and second, for the government’s industrial strategy to play a primary role within the 2025 Spending Review, which would provide a downpayment on growth and catalyse private investment across the country.

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