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<p>The Government’s Industrial Strategy has set out a long term approach to boost
the UK’s productivity growth and ensure that we’re building an economy fit for the
future. The White Paper has set out a range of measures aimed at increasing investment
from the private and public sector, which will both be vital in meeting the objective
of increasing our productivity and earning power for people across the UK. This includes
a commitment to increase total R&D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p>We
remain committed to making the UK the best place in Europe to own and grow a manufacturing
business by cutting business taxes, slashing red tape and investing in new scientific
infrastructure on a record scale. Through our Industrial Strategy, we will make sure
that we are using all the tools we have to stimulate growth throughout the UK. That
means 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 into the parts of
the country where we need to get growth going faster.</p><p>We are working closely
with UK industry to create the right conditions for competitive, world leading manufacturing
businesses to flourish and grow across the UK. Government recognises the importance
of 3D printing in the UK manufacturing sector when developing manufacturing policy.
One example is through the independent industry-led Made Smarter Review on industrial
digitalisation, which identifies additive manufacturing as one of the key technologies’.
Another is by investing over £300m in the last five years in the High Value Manufacturing
Catapult to support the commercialisation of the innovation and new technologies such
as 3D printing.</p>
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