The UK economy continues to face global and domestic headwinds and the prospect of several more years of low growth.
Now more than ever, raising our ambitions on growth matters, it’s the route to higher living standards and greater resilience for households and businesses throughout the UK. Built on our shared belief in the UK’s potential, we need collaborative action between government, businesses, and people to tackle the issues holding our economy back, realise our ambitions for the future, and finally break from our cost of living and low-growth cycle. If we fail to act now – decisively and boldly – for growth, we’ll be missing the significance of both the threats and opportunities before us.
In his recent Bloomberg speech, the Chancellor set out his thoughts on driving economic growth across the UK. His focus on enterprise, education, employment and everywhere aligns strongly with the CBI Thriving Regions and Nations vision.
Supercharging regional growth: Clusters and Investment Zones are complementary but not interchangeable.
In conversations with CBI members over recent weeks and months, they have aske