Industrial Strategy references for quarterly update April to June 2026
Published 8 July 2026
This document outlines the references used within the text of this quarterly update. Sources for the Economic Indicators are outlined within the methodological note.
References used in the quarterly update
References used for page 2
The following references were used for page 2:
- Defence Investment Plan: £15 billion new funding boost to transform Armed Forces and keep the UK safe - GOV.UK
- British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme: Government cuts electricity bill for 10,000 manufacturers in boost for UK competitiveness - GOV.UK
- UK-Gulf Cooperation Council Trade Deal: UK-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) trade deal: conclusion summary - GOV.UK
- Sovereign AI Fund: AI firms pioneering drug discovery, cheaper supercomputing and more get first backing through UK’s Sovereign AI - GOV.UK
- UK-India Free Trade Agreement: The countdown begins: UK-India FTA enters into force on July 15th - GOV.UK
References used for page 3
The following references were used for page 3:
- Wayve: Government and Wayve sign partnership to accelerate Britain’s self driving future - GOV.UK
- Hethel Performance Hub: Lotus Cars Limited launches Hethel Performance Hub to accelerate UK automotive production, innovation and industrial collaboration - Club Lotus
- Supply Chain Innovation: Advanced manufacturing supply chain innovation: CRD - Innovate UK Business Connect
- Rolls-Royce SMR: Great British Energy - Nuclear and Rolls-Royce SMR sign contract - GOV.UK
- Hydrogen Technology: Hydrogen investment fuels South Yorkshire’s next industrial era - GOV.UK
- Port Talbot: £64 million for Port Talbot offshore wind hub in the Celtic Sea - GOV.UK
- Universal United Kingdom Resort: Universal theme park to be UK’s most popular tourist attraction - GOV.UK
- UK Games Fund: £30 million funding boost to help the next generation of games developers take their ideas to the next level - GOV.UK
- Bray Film Studios: Amazon MGM – Bray studios
- UK-Sweden defence partnership: Major new Swedish fighter jet deal to strengthen Ukraine and boost British jobs - GOV.UK
- British defence SMEs: Government backing future British ‘defence unicorns’ as new contracts awarded to drive innovation - GOV.UK
- Drone testing centre: Europe’s largest drone testing centre opens in Swindon to boost defence innovation - GOV.UK
- AI Hardware Plan: UK AI Hardware Plan - GOV.UK
- BBB Oxford Quantum Circuits: Press release - 3 June, 2026, British Business Bank
- Engineering Biology Value Chain: Digital and Technologies Sector Plan: Year One Update - GOV.UK
- Financial Services and Markets Bill: Financial Services and Markets Bill begins journey through Lords - UK Parliament
- Wholesale Digital Markets: Government publishes Terms of Reference for Wholesale Digital Markets Champion - GOV.UK
- Pensions Schemes Act 2026: Pension Schemes Act 2026
- UK-US pharmaceutical partnership: Arrangement between the United States of America and the United Kingdom on pharmaceutical pricing (HTML) - GOV.UK
- Major Life Sciences investments: Vital medicines and new jobs in over £80 million for UK life sciences - GOV.UK
- MHRA Sandbox: MHRA launches AI sandbox to accelerate medicines development and improve safety - GOV.UK
- UK-Gulf Cooperation Council Trade Deal: UK-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) trade deal: conclusion summary - GOV.UK
- Professional and Business Services Council: Marco Amitrano appointed to the Professional and Business Services Council - GOV.UK
- AI Growth Labs sandbox: Advisory AI Growth Lab to support responsible AI adoption in legal services - GOV.UK
References used for page 4
The following references were used for page 4:
- Enhancing Skills: Skills England Annual Skills Report and Sectoral Skills Needs Assessments 2026 - GOV.UK
- Skills for defence: 24 universities and colleges awarded investment to boost student places and strengthen UK defence industry - GOV.UK
- High-quality training: Next generation empowered through Technical Excellence Colleges - GOV.UK
- Economic security and resilience: Guidance to Procurement Policy Note 025 Protecting the UK’s national security through public procurement (HTML) - GOV.UK
- Access to global talent: New concierge service and visa scheme unveiled to help Britain’s fastest-growing firms scale and attract talent - GOV.UK
- Supporting scale-ups: New concierge service and visa scheme unveiled to help Britain’s fastest-growing firms scale and attract talent - GOV.UK
- Delivering for SMEs: Small Business Taskforce terms of reference - GOV.UK
- London Tech Week: Britain powers ahead on AI with billions of pounds of new investment and thousands of jobs secured as London Tech Week wraps up - GOV.UK
- AI Skills: Entry-level jobs support, AI bootcamps and tech training as government supports young people into the jobs of the future - GOV.UK
- AI Adoption: Government to partner with tech companies, trade unions and industry leaders to boost AI adoption and equip workers with AI skills - GOV.UK
- AI Growth Zones: AI Growth Zones - GOV.UK
- Quantum Growth Alliance: Lord Vallance speech to London Tech Week - GOV.UK
- AI Hardware Plan: A decisive shift to power British AI: new £1.1 billion plan to back chip firms, boost computing power and skills for the AI revolution - GOV.UK
- BBB Playground Global: https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/news-and-events/events/silicon-valley-deeptech-vc-playground-global-launch-uk-support-british-business-bank
References used for page 5
The following references were used for page 5:
- Removing planning barriers: Getting Britain Building: Reforming judicial review for infrastructure - GOV.UK
- Agri-tech regulation reform: Powering the farms of the future with £50 million tech investment - GOV.UK
- Improving infrastructure: Better Connected: a strategy for integrated transport - GOV.UK
- Local innovation: Regional leaders to get more power over innovation funding to drive local jobs and growth - GOV.UK
- Improving electricity networks: Electricity network infrastructure: consents, land access and rights - government response - GOV.UK
- Access to finance: UK–Australia Investment Partnership Memorandum of Understanding - GOV.UK
- Driving innovation: Universities UK sets goal to secure £100bn doubling of external investment into UK innovation by 2035
- Capitalising the value of data: National Data Library - The home of UK public data - data.gov.uk
- Oxford Quantum Circuits: Press release - 3 June, 2026, British Business Bank
- Playground Global: Press release - 8 June, 2026, British Business Bank
- Quantum Motion: Press release - 07 May 2026, British Business Bank
- Rolls-Royce SMR: News - 13 April 2026, National Wealth Fund
- Rowden: News - 13 May 2026, National Wealth Fund
- Cornish Metals: News - 15 May 2026, National Wealth Fund
- InstaVolt: News - 18 May 2026, National Wealth Fund
- Associated British Ports: News - 03 June 2026, National Wealth Fund
- SMP Ltd and FEP Ltd: UKEF secures £128 million submarine rescue deals with Indonesia, boosting British industry - GOV.UK
- Nuclear Energy support for Ukraine: UK powers up Ukraine with £210 million nuclear fuel deal and boosts British jobs - GOV.UK
- ITM Power Ltd: Hydrogen investment fuels South Yorkshire’s next industrial era - GOV.UK
References used for page 6
The following references were used for page 6:
- NatWest (cross-sector): NatWest Group commits £20 billion to drive growth across the North of England over next decade, NatWest Group
- Cambridge Science Park: Cambridge Science Park launches £3bn expansion plan
- Cummins: Cummins expands battery capabilities in Milton Keynes - MKFM 106.3FM - Radio Made in Milton Keynes
- Rolls-Royce, Airbus and others: UK Hydrogen Aviation Alliance Commits £188M Investment
- Kansai, Marubeni and others: Tens of thousands of new jobs and more than £18 billion boost to British economy as Prime Minister meets Japanese leader - GOV.UK
- InfraVia: Tens of thousands of new jobs and more than £18 billion boost to British economy as Prime Minister meets Japanese leader - GOV.UK
- Atri Energy Transition: Prime Minister secures major jobs and energy investment at G7 to deliver growth and security at home - GOV.UK
- Comcast NBCUniversal: Universal theme park to be UK’s most popular tourist attraction - GOV.UK
- Yoo Capital: Kentish Town to become home to new £1bn Camden Film Quarter - BBC News
- Tekever: Tekever Selected for Project Nyx to Support Next-Generation Autonomous Capability for the British Army and Announces Bristol Hub – Tekever
- Hexaware: Prime Minister secures major jobs and energy investment at G7 to deliver growth and security at home - GOV.UK
- Nebius: Britain powers ahead on AI with billions of pounds of new investment and thousands of jobs secured as London Tech Week wraps up - GOV.UK
- AMD: Britain powers ahead on AI with billions of pounds of new investment and thousands of jobs secured as London Tech Week wraps up - GOV.UK
- AstraZeneca: All eyes on LA ahead of largest ever UK trade mission to the US - GOV.UK
- Accord: Vital medicines and new jobs in over £80 million for UK life sciences - GOV.UK
- Boehringer: Investment in computational innovation AI Accelerator UK Knowledge Quarter, Boehringer Ingelheim
- Eisai: Tens of thousands of new jobs and more than £18 billion boost to British economy as Prime Minister meets Japanese leader - GOV.UK
- NatWest (financial services): NatWest commits £50m to UK branch network with no further branch closures until at least 2029, NatWest Group
- Mizuho Financial Group: Tens of thousands of new jobs and more than £18 billion boost to British economy as Prime Minister meets Japanese leader - GOV.UK
References used for page 7
The following references were used for page 7:
- Great North Investment Prospectus: Northern Growth Strategy: Next Steps - GOV.UK
- Cambridge investments:
- Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Hub: MHRA supports Northern Ireland life sciences sector with new hub - GOV.UK
- Defence Growth Deal: Northern Ireland start-up boost with new £50 million defence growth deal - GOV.UK
- London investments:
- Port Talbot: £64 million for Port Talbot offshore wind hub in the Celtic Sea - GOV.UK
- Local Innovation Partnerships Fund: Innovators from Teesside to Cornwall backed as new round of UK regions granted up to £20 million to grow thriving sectors - GOV.UK
- National supercomputer: A decisive shift to power British AI: new £1.1 billion plan to back chip firms, boost computing power and skills for the AI revolution - GOV.UK
- Creative Places Growth Fund: Six regions receive £25 million to bolster creative industries - GOV.UK
- South Yorkshire Electrolysers: Hydrogen investment fuels South Yorkshire’s next industrial era - GOV.UK
References used for page 8
The following references were used for page 8:
- Gulf Cooperation Council: UK and Gulf strike historic multi-billion-pound trade deal - GOV.UK
- Japan: Tens of thousands of new jobs and more than £18 billion boost to British economy as Prime Minister meets Japanese leader - GOV.UK
- Sweden: Government backing helps UK’s Rolls-Royce SMR win multibillion-pound Sweden nuclear export contract - GOV.UK
- Czechia: UK and Czechia to lead global race on small modular reactors - GOV.UK
- Poland: Security and Defence Partnership Treaty: the projects the UK and Poland will deliver together - GOV.UK
- Ghana: UK–Ghana Growth Partnership to drive jobs, investment and skills - GOV.UK
- Germany: First Germany-UK Business and Government Forum in Berlin: Strengthening cooperation in economic security and critical raw materials, BMWE
- US: Largest ever UK business delegation to the US launches Greater Together Los Angeles - GOV.UK
- Australia: UK–Australia Investment Partnership Memorandum of Understanding - GOV.UK; bridging-the-gap—the-opportunity-for-australian-pension-capital-research-paper—oct-2025.pdf