Katherine Bennett, CEO of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, has welcomed the launch of the government’s new industrial strategy saying it must be ‘bold and ambitious’. Business and Trade Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, have published a green paper to kickstart delivery of the industrial strategy, the first in seven years. The key sectors the government will focus on are: advanced manufacturing; clean energy industries, creative industries; defence; digital and technologies; financial services; life sciences; and professional and business services.