Making a Fast Start to Missions

The UK’s modern industrial strategy asserts, ‘Growth is the number one mission of the government. The new industrial strategy is central to that growth mission.’ The strategy sets out a 10-year plan to ‘deliver the certainty and stability businesses need to invest in the high growth sectors that will drive growth missions.’ This modern industrial strategy has recently announced five main missions: (1) Kickstart economic growth; (2) Build an NHS fit for the future; (3) Safer streets; (4) Break down the barriers to opportunity, and (5) Make Britain a clean energy superpower.

This document provides an introductory briefing intended for incoming mission directors to help them make a fast start in their new roles in developing their respective portfolios. As well as picking out key opportunity areas, the briefing includes insights from those involved in leading previous missions and challenge areas with their reflections on what they would have wanted to know upon appointment to accelerate the early impact.

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