‘East Midlands should be at heart of PM’s vision to create world’s most innovative economy’

After a quiet couple of months from the Prime Minister since being installed at Downing Street, it was important to hear the first real elements of his vision for the country.

Businesses will be heartened that innovation will be a central plank of his economic growth plan – particularly in the East Midlands, the birthplace of transformative innovations such as the world’s first factory, DNA fingerprinting and traffic lights.

In the Chamber’s Business Manifesto for Growth, A Centre of Trading Excellence, we speak about how our region is at the heart of making things, moving them and innovating in how we do this.