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<p>The launch of the Green Paper, ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’, in January 2017,
commenced an extensive period of consultation, capturing feedback to inform the development
of the White Paper. Over 2,000 organisations from across the country responded to
the consultation, including a wide range of businesses, public sector organisations
and private individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The White Paper set out the government’s approach
to working with places to maximise the benefits of the Industrial Strategy, based
on the belief that the people best placed to drive forward local economies are those
who live, work and do business in them. It included a variety of new opportunities
for Local Enterprise Partnerships to drive local economic growth. I am sure that GFirst,
the LEP for Gloucestershire, will be keen to build on the area’s cyber security strength
with Cheltenham home to GCHQ.</p><p>The White Paper also included proposals to work
with local leaders to develop Local Industrial Strategies, which will establish new
ways of working between national leaders in both the public and private sectors, harnessing
their local insights to develop clear, long-term strategies for future growth. Universities,
colleges and other local institutions will be key in this process.</p>
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