CBI DG says skills, energy and R&D are priorities for UK industrial strategy

Skills, energy and R&D have been identified by CBI Director General Carolyn Fairbairn as priorities for a modern industrial strategy for the UK. Among her key points were the needs “to offer young people a true picture of 21st-century manufacturing” and how “to address the chronic shortage of physics teachers.” She also notes how the Catapults “have helped firms make the leap from ideas to invoices.”
Read her full speech here.