With the UK Government’s release of its ambitious Invest 2035: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, ALFED welcomes this significant development and recognises its critical role in shaping the sector’s future. This green paper serves as both a proposal and a roadmap to foster economic stability and growth across eight priority sectors, from advanced manufacturing to clean energy.
In this article, Nadine Bloxsome, CEO of ALFED highlights how the strategy’s objectives align closely with ALFED’s own UK Aluminium Manifesto. Yet, while ALFED remains optimistic about this strategy’s potential to deliver on these fronts, several questions remain unanswered, and areas require clarification for the aluminium sector to maximise its role in achieving the UK’s green and industrial ambitions.