The UK Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy is a 10-year, £120 billion plan to reshape the economy around eight high-growth sectors, from advanced manufacturing and defence to clean energy and digital technologies. There is a lot in it, and almost all of it is written for policymakers, not for the business owners it is meant to help.
So we read the full strategy and turned it into a practical hub for the companies we work with. Start with our UK Modern Industrial Strategy guide, which sets out what the strategy is, how much funding is on the table, what is live now, and what it means for your business.
Find the opportunities in your sector
We have broken the strategy down sector by sector, so you can go straight to what is relevant to you. Each guide covers the funding figures, the schemes being introduced, the sub-sectors being backed, and what you can do now to position your company:
- Advanced Manufacturing, including DRIVE35 and the automotive supply chain
- Defence, including reshoring and the defence supply chain
- Clean Energy Industries
- Life Sciences
- Digital and Technologies, including the quantum cluster
What the strategy means for your business
The direction of travel is clear. Public investment, procurement, and funding priorities are being reshaped around these eight sectors, which opens up new routes for:
- Co-investment with the National Wealth Fund
- Export support via UK Export Finance
- Innovation and R&D funding through UKRI and Innovate UK
- Supply chain growth in reshoring, clean energy, and defence
- Digital and AI adoption in industrial and professional services
Many of these routes are opening now. Positioning your company to be found and shortlisted for them is exactly the kind of work we do, as our client work shows.
Track it quarter by quarter
The strategy is a 10-year commitment, not a one-off announcement, and the government publishes delivery updates every quarter. We summarise each one in our quarterly updates, so you can watch schemes move from announcement to money in the market, and spot the ones worth acting on before the shortlist forms.
Get quarterly email updates
New schemes, deadlines and investment commitments land every quarter. Join our mailing list and we’ll send you the updates that matter for your sector as they’re announced, so you don’t have to keep track and read all the new documentation yourself.