In October 2024, the Department for Business and Trade published a Green Paper on the Government's Industrial Strategy for the next 10 years. This focusses on driving growth in eight sectors:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Clean Energy Industries
- Creative Industries
- Defence
- Digital and Technologies
- Financial Services
- Life Sciences
- Professional and Business Services
AREF explained in its response, submitted on 22 November 2024, that for all of these growth-driving sectors real estate investment should be a foundational sector.
In November 2024, HM Treasury published a Call for Evidence for the Government's Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy. AREF submitted its response on 12 December 2024.
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