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The Industry, Technology and Innovation team at Policy Connect provides the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Manufacturing. The team focusses its work around building innovative industries and public services that tackle key societal challenges in productivity, clean growth and information.

  • The King’s Speech: What It Signals for the UK Tech Landscape

    13 May 2026 by Lavanya Rangarajan
  • The UK’s £500m Sovereign AI Unit: A Welcome Step, But Is It Enough?

    22 April 2026 by Lavanya Rangarajan
  • Government expands the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme

    20 April 2026 by Robert Allen
  • 11 June 2026

    MedTech Circularity

    Policy Connect provides the secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) for Manufacturing, Health, and Sustainable resources.
  • 23 June 2026

    Energy Costs for UK Manufacturing

    The All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group’s (APMG) Manufacturing Commission considered energy costs as part of its recent inquiry, Small Means Essential. Following continuation of the conflict…
  • 23 June 2026

    AI, Copyright and the Creative Industries: Navigating the Path Forward 

    As AI tools become increasingly embedded in everyday tasks, the implications for copyright and the creative industries remain underexamined. While initiatives such as Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence…
  • Manufacturing Commission Inquiry into the Industrial Strategy: progress thus far

    17 December 2025
  • Policy Connect and Make UK Winter Parliamentary Reception

    9 December 2025
  • New Manufacturing Commission inquiry to scrutinise support for manufacturing SMEs in the Government’s Industrial Strategy

    1 September 2025
  • Small Means Essential report cover

    Small Means Essential

    why Britain’s manufacturing SMEs are vital for growth
    16 March 2026
  • Skills in the Age of AI

    28 May 2025
  • Upskilling Industry

    Manufacturing productivity and growth in England
    28 September 2023
  • An Ethical AI Future

    Guardrails & Catalysts to make Artificial Intelligence a Force for Good
    2 June 2023