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Pfizer head says Britain needs to cement position or risk erosion of critical industry
A preliminary offer from EchoStar for the UK satellite group draws political attention
Trade body calls on government to deliver white paper pledge
The UK’s quest to lead the world in battery technology is 20 years too late
IMF economists caution against an obsession with industrial policy
The sale shows UK industrial policy and takeover rules need a rethink
Theresa May’s government promised radical approach to avoid controversial takeovers
Some deals may hurt national interests, but the reasons must be clear
Takeover specialist told it must maintain engineer as major employer and investor in Britain
The government may have declared victory on living standards, but we have been here before
Britain is haunted by past industrial decline and the buccaneering raids of the 1980s
Anti-capitalist rhetoric over Melrose’s bid for GKN makes no sense
Anxiety about the bid for the engineer GKN is understandable but wrong headed
But the government’s poorly designed levy will not deliver it
Commercialising great ideas will result in failure and success, say Clare Chapman and Will Hutton
Experts welcome effort to fix productivity problems, but warn it is just a start
A new industrial strategy is worthwhile but cannot transform Britain’s fortunes
Business secretary Greg Clark says Britain needs to fix weaknesses in its economy
Nearly 1,000 new high-skilled jobs planned for research hubs in London and Manchester
Business secretary to unveil industrial strategy to improve flow of capital to companies
Britain’s plan for investment in research is reminiscent of the pre-crash era
UK trade groups lack unity and struggle to represent employers’ views to government
Universities in the North complain that almost half of research funding goes to South East
R&D investment up 5% but cash concentrated in south-east
