- Date: Tuesday 14th October 2025
- Time: 10:00 – 11:45
- Location: Online (link on registration)
The UK has a strategy for growth. But strategies need substance. That means data that’s accurate, consistent and built for the future.
Where others have rushed Industrial Strategy IS-8 analysis using outdated classifications and vague definitions, we’ve taken a different approach. Throughout 2025, we’ve worked in the open, refining our understanding of the IS-8 sectors with direct input from government and industry.
In this live online briefing, we’ll introduce our new report: Open Sourcing the Industrial Strategy. You’ll hear from the team behind the work - Alex Craven, Andrew Purdy and Paul Swinney - as they walk through the background, the methodology, and what the data now reveals about the sectors and frontier industries driving UK growth.
You’ll get a clear explanation of how we built the new definitions, a look at what’s inside the report, and a demo of how to explore the data live in the Industry Engine platform. We’ll also outline how to get involved, from joining our new IS-8 working group to helping shape future open data releases.
Whether you work in government, academia, research or industry, this is your chance to learn more about the data powering the UK’s Industrial Strategy - and ask questions directly to the team who built it.
What to expect:
- An overview of the Industrial Strategy and how the IS-8 have been defined
- A breakdown of our real-time, explainable machine learning approach
- A walkthrough of what’s in the report - and what the data shows
- How to explore the live IS-8 data in the Industry Engine platform
- Details on joining our IS-8 working group
- A live Q&A with Alex, Andrew and Paul
Speakers:
- Alex Craven – CEO, Co-Founder
- Andrew Prudy – Data Analyst
- Paul Swinney – Chief Economist
You can find out more and download the full report today.
