Policy paper

Industrial Strategy: the Grand Challenges

Outline of government Grand Challenges for the Industrial Strategy.

From:
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
27 November 2017
Last updated
26 January 2021 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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Since the Industrial 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.

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The Grand Challenges

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The Grand Challenge missions

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Clean Growth Grand Challenge: Industrial Clusters Mission - infographic

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The Industrial Strategy sets out Grand Challenges to put the UK at the forefront of the industries of the future.

As part of our approach we are developing ambitious missions to tackle these Grand Challenges. Each mission will focus on a specific problem, bringing government, businesses and organisations across the country together to make a real difference to people’s lives.

Updates to this page

Published 27 November 2017
Last updated 26 January 2021 + show all updates

  1. In December 2020 the government published the ‘Energy White Paper: Powering our net zero future’, which included an increase in the ambition of the Industrial Clusters Mission. The new ambition aims to deliver four low carbon clusters by 2030 and at least one net zero cluster by 2040. The Grand Challenge missions document has been updated to reflect this.

  2. Information about "progress so far for the Ageing Society Grand Challenge" updated in the "The Grand Challenge missions" policy paper

  3. We have updated the Grand Challenge missions with information on progress.

  4. New Clean Growth industrial clusters mission added.

  5. We have added details of the Grand Challenge missions.

  6. First published.

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