On the day that the opportunity for an extension to the transition period expires, I have joined businesses associations, entrepreneurs…
This Covid crisis has laid bare two fundamental issues that have increasingly plagued our politics – populism and short-termism. Firstly,…
In my last post on this topic, I outlined the twin challenges of Britain getting ready for a fourth industrial…
With a new government team in place Brexit remains the defining issue in UK politics. But it shouldn’t be, as…
Everyone knows that Scotland has a rich industrial history and everyone knows, too, the difficult times that Scottish industry faced…
Today we’re announcing the findings of the business led industrial digitalisation review, which has been branded as ‘Made Smarter…
Growing and strengthening the economy hasn’t really featured in the General Election debate. In part this may be because on the…
It was an honour, and good fun to participate on BBC Question Time recently. I watch the programme regularly and…
I am delighted and honoured to have been asked to lead a Review on Industrial Digitalisation as part of the…
We are 5 months on from the Brexit vote and the debate keeps rumbling on regarding the options for leaving…
Yesterday, I got together with fellow CEO’s of Airbus and GKN, Paul Kahn and Nigel Stein, for a press conference,…
Clearly, with predictions of a slowdown in UK growth and potential headwinds in the international economy, this was always going…