

Building innovation-hungry business clusters can foster collaboration between firms and spur competition, launch new products and help build skills for the future. It could be just the ticket to creating thriving regions and nations across the UK.
Building innovation-hungry business clusters can foster collaboration between firms and spur competition, launch new products and help build skills for the future. It could be just the ticket to creating thriving regions and nations across the UK.
As the UK emerges from the effects of the global pandemic, business and government must work in partnership to harness the benefits of greater connectivity – says Jo Bertram, Managing Director, Business & Wholesale at Virgin Media O2.
The UK’s productivity has stagnated. This holds back wage growth and living standards, making us one of the most unequal countries in the OECD. We need to move beyond a one size fits all approach to levelling up. We need clusters - when interconnected businesses, suppliers, universities and research...