Opportunity for All in a World of Change
Description:... This White Paper is concerned with the requirements for economic success in the next decade. It looks at the role of government when it can neither resist structural change nor try to pick winners. Instead it has to work with businesses and individuals to adapt to change and ensure investment occurs in a modern infrastructure. The key needs are to increase the educational and skill levels of the population, rationalise the system of vocational qualifications and develop information and communication skills. Investment in new technologies is required and there will be a fund to promote the commercial exploitation of research. The accelerated uptake of broadband and digital technologies will be encouraged. There is also a need for all of the regions to grow and the proposals for this include: university innovation centres, an incubator fund, new strategies from Regional Development Agencies and a more efficient planning system. Changes in the regulatory and financial climate will make it easier for people who have gone bankrupt to start again. There will also be a Small Business Service Strategy.
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