Experience shows that encouraging exports rather than slapping tariffs on imports works best
Government should be specific about what it wants to target and create regulation to support its goal
Commons committee says 160,000 carmaking jobs ‘at risk’ unless new investors sign up
Swiss industry-standard training in Greater Manchester aims to help plug a gap of thousands of workers and improve customer service
Industrial and logistics is the poor relation in a planning system that doesn’t do much very well
Short-term tax incentives and constant policy changes are weighing on companies’ investment drive
Chancellor backs case-by-case investment as government’s £500mn steel package is announced
A focus on an open and competitive business environment creates agile economies
Business secretary wants Treasury to provide financial firepower to help motor and aerospace industries
Believers in the free market must reckon with countries prepared to spend colossal sums to claim a share of the market
The market will deliver — but only if the government sets a consistent set of rules
PM’s battery strategy cannot match US financial firepower but it could target gaps in support
AMTE’s chief says ministers must offer more financial support to become competitive
Policy prescriptions are plentiful but momentum and money behind them is lacking
Helping with regulation, intellectual property and infrastructure is the least the government can do
Support package is aimed at boosting resilience of chip sector
UK prime minister’s policies described as ‘surreptitious’, ‘undercover’ and ‘in the ether’
Trade body calls on government to stop ‘flip-flopping’ and set up a Royal Commission to develop a long-term plan
Sunak’s government is suspicious of industrial policy but it needs to focus on sectors where the UK has a global role
Tata Motors will decide between Somerset and Spain for new plant within weeks
Reorganisation of business, energy and technology is the latest in a long line
Hived off, put back together, renamed and refashioned, the UK’s industry department could do with some stability
More must be done to attract investment that will be vital to energy transition, say industry insiders
Lobby groups express disappointment with chancellor’s ‘empty’ keynote speech
Ex-Tory business minister Greg Clark says move by his successor was ‘mystifying’
