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<p>Though our industrial Strategy we are committed to making the UK the best place
in Europe to start and grow a manufacturing business. That includes using our record
investments in infrastructure to unlock growth in every part of the country; using
the major new investment in research to support innovative manufacturing businesses
across the country; and encouraging inward investment.</p><p> </p><p>We are ranked
in the top 10 in the world for ease of doing business by the World Bank and amongst
the very best in Europe, and we are the number one destination for foreign direct
investment in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>We will improve access to finance across the country
and back institutions which can catalyse growth and private sector equity investment:</p><ul><li>British
Business Bank programmes are supporting more than £5.2bn of finance to more than 74,000
smaller businesses (as at March 2018), including through the Northern Powerhouse Investment
Fund, and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund</li><li>And we are now taking action
to unlock over £20 billion of Patient Capital Investment for growing firms over the
next 10 years.</li><li>We will improve wider support for scale-ups and entrepreneurs
by building up networks, using government data in a smarter way, launching a review
into entrepreneurship, and supporting the industry-led Be the Business campaign with
up to £13 million over three years to provide practical tools to businesses to improve
productivity.</li></ul>
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