Business Secretary, Greg Clark, has today launched the Government’s Industrial Strategy, which plans to boost the economy, build on the country’s strengths and embrace the opportunities of technological change.
With the aim of making the UK the world’s most innovative nation by 2030, the government has committed to investing a further £725 million over the next 3 years in the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) to respond to some of the global challenges and the opportunities faced by the UK.
As part of the Strategy, the government has also announced the establishment of a Food and Drink Sector Council to help increase productivity from farm-to-fork.
The creation of the Sector Council recognises the importance of the many sub-sectors that make up the nation’s £112 billion ‘farm-to-fork’ food chain and employ almost four million people.