Policy paper

Industrial Strategy: building a Britain fit for the future

This white paper sets out a long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK.

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 27 November 2017
• Last updated: 28 June 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This publication was withdrawn on 1 March 2023

Since this strategy was published, the UK’s business and economic environment has changed. Creating and supporting jobs remains the government’s central economic focus, but helping to drive growth in existing, new and emerging industries is also a priority. This is why we have transitioned the Industrial Strategy into our Plan for Growth and its related strategies.

Find out more about the Plan for Growth.

Documents

Industrial Strategy: building a Britain fit for the future (B5 PDF)

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Industrial Strategy: building a Britain fit for the future (web-optimised PDF)

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Details

The strategy sets out how we are building a Britain fit for the future – how we will help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs with investment in the skills, industries and infrastructure of the future.

We will boost productivity and earning power across the country by focusing on 5 foundations:

• ideas
• people
• infrastructure
• business environment
• places

A Welsh language version is available.

In December 2018 we highlighted the progress made by the Industrial Strategy in Forging our Future: Industrial Strategy – the story so far.

Published 27 November 2017
Last updated 28 June 2018 + show all updates

1. 28 June 2018

   Welsh language version added.

2. 27 November 2017

   First published.