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Scaling the impact of innovation in the United Kingdom

Advice to the PM on how scaling the impact of innovation can help develop the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy’s Innovation Strategy.

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In June 2021, the Council for Science and Technology wrote to the Prime Minister to advise on how to increase innovation capacity in the UK to strengthen our position as a science superpower, level up prosperity around across the country, and provide a framework for how innovation can be harnessed to address the emerging challenges of the future.  

The letter recommended action in the following areas:  

  • People  
  • Finance  

  • Infrastructure  

  • Demand 

The Council provided more detailed advice on these 4 areas to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Published 22 July 2021