All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group

Policy Connect and Learning and Work Institute have launched a joint inquiry into the skills system. The inquiry looks at what can be done to achieve a skills ecosystem that responds to both local needs and national economic priorities.

On Monday 11 February, the APMG were pleased to present an In Conversation event with Lord Bilimoria, Chairman and Founder of Cobra Beer, and Chair of the Manufacturing Commission in discussion with Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England and Chair of the Industrial Strategy Council.

The discussion and questions which followed were off the record, and the conversation was extremely candid covering a range of topic key to the successful implementation of the Industrial Strategy.

The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) have released their Working Draft Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Discussions with Government, making them the first out of the blocks. 

Unsurprisingly there is a strong focus on innovation and the importance of drawing on the world-leading higher level skills that are present in the area in order to increase productivity in the region.