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Sparking the Future

The Western Gateway has a long and proud history of innovation. Starting from the collaboration which built Stonehenge with stone from Wiltshire and Pembrokeshire, moving through to the invention of vaccination by Gloucestershire’s Edward Jenner, the dawn of the Jet at Gloster Aircraft Company to the cusp of a new era of computing in Bristol and Bath with Quantum and Isambard AI.

The mix of industry sectors present in the Western Gateway makes us well placed to reap the benefits of cross-sector innovation and the influence of Artificial Intelligence. With so many industries of the future present in our area, their ability to collaborate on the UK Government’s national development strategy is huge. The Western Gateway geographic economy thrives on high growth sectors such as cyber and technology and green energy, surrounded by supportive infrastructures.

Current situation

The Western Gateway has always been highly innovative. Wider South West England and Wales both outrank the UK and EU average in the EU Innovation index, and South West England is home to 52.5% of the UK’s high growth businesses. An ecosystem of university, public, and private sector start-ups, scale-ups, multi-nationals and innovation infrastructure provides technology pull at the same time as driving technology adoption and diffusion.

With Europe’s most advanced Cyber cluster and leading expertise in developing the next generation of Hydrogen and Nuclear technology we are looking at how we can encourage collaboration to attract new opportunities to the area.

We believe that through our innovation sectors, the Western Gateway is a centre for the future economy. With the five key sectors for a future UK economy, the second highest skilled workforce in the UK and aided by strong collaborative networks in close proximity across the region we’re set to design the future for the UK and wider world.

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We adapt our projects and activities at pace to ensure we connect and advance our communities, promoting growth and prosperity as we power the UK’s transition to greener, fairer future for all. Read our latest developments in innovation here.

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