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By: Sharon Todd

Sharon Todd is chief executive officer at SCI

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  • The UK chemicals sector is in trouble

    Opinion

    From ammonia to plastics, there can be no modern economy without a functioning chemicals industry, and Britain's is in peril.

    Lush green fields and livestock on a British farm under clear blue skies, showcasing agriculture in the United Kingdom.
  • MPs have accepted the UK needs a proper industrial strategy, but where is it?

    sharon todd

    The UK has accepted it needs a proper industrial strategy, but an ambition and detailed plan is still missing, writes Sharon Todd.

    The UK and Germany will sign a fresh agreement to boost their joint science and technology research, the government has announced.
  • Sunak won’t get the UK growing without an industrial strategy

    sharon todd

    If Britain had our industrial strategy, the boost for manufacturing and life sciences in the last 20 year period, this would have contributed an astonishing extra £484bn into the economy, writes Sharon Todd

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