Space: A Strategy for Growth
07/01/2014
The focus this week on the success and innovation of the UK’s space industry, has included the UK’s ambition to obtain 10% of the global…
Innovation
Robots aren’t stealing our jobs
06/01/2014
It may seem a rather odd title, but there’s a very lively debate going on in the UK and US on whether robots are stealing…
100 years of Commercial Aviation – but what of the next 100?
03/01/2014
As commercial aviation celebrated 100 years since the first commercial aircraft flight this week, industry leaders have been discussing and debating what the next 100…
‘Disruption is capitalism’s great party trick’
16/12/2013
Great article from Stian Westlake from NESTA this morning in City AM looking at the need to foster disruption in UK finance models via crowdfunding…
UK lags behind in R&D spend
13/12/2013
Tera Allas, a strategic advisor at the Department for Business, has tweeted a chart that looks at absolute R&D spend (as opposed to R&D as…
Secular stagnation & ‘faux capital’ (or why not all growth it equal)
11/12/2013
Following a speech by Larry Summers (former US Treasury Secretary & advisor to Presidents Clinton & Obama), economists around the world are debating something called…
AGP delivering investment in UK aerospace industry
10/12/2013
GKN’s news that the new Advanced Technology Winglet (ATC) for Boeing’s 737MAX will be produced in the Isle of Wight is a significant boost both…
Willetts’ space ambition matched only by Industry’s
10/12/2013
There’s been a bit of disbelief amongst the media about Science Minister David Willett’s claim that Stevenage could replace Cape Canaveral in the US at…
Economic spotlight turns to business investment
10/12/2013
With the post-Autumn Statement round-up almost fully completed, the single key concern on the long-term health of the economy is the lack of a recovery…
Treasury needs to shift focus to business investment
05/12/2013
ADS had one central priority for the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement: Unlocking business investment. Why? Business investment, which is key to our members’ long-term, global competitiveness, is now 24% below…