On Thursday, 20 March, policymakers, industry leaders, and experts gathered at the Institute for Government for the official launch of the UK Innovation Report 2025. The event, held both in person and online, provided a platform for discussing the report’s key findings and their alignment with the UK’s evolving industrial strategy.

Published by Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy, the report offers a detailed analysis of the UK’s innovation landscape, assessing the performance of key industrial sectors compared to global competitors. It presents vital evidence on the UK’s industrial strengths, challenges, and opportunities within a shifting economic context.

Attendees had the opportunity to hear from Lord David Sainsbury, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and former Minister of Science and Innovation, as well as Dr Carlos López-Gómez, co-author of the report who who outlined its key findings and strategic implications.

A panel of leading industry and policy figures, including Oliver St John (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), Grace Atkinson (ATLAS Composite Technologies), Kate Fairhurst (Make UK), and Andrew Parry (Department for Business and Trade), engaged in an insightful conversation on how this year’s findings can help shape future innovation policies.

As the demand for stronger evidence in industrial and innovation policymaking increases, the UK Innovation Report 2025 makes a timely contribution by offering new data, analyses, and perspectives to support evidence-based policy development.

Download the report and find out more here. 

Watch the event recording