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Growth Plan Summary

Core Content

This document outlines techUK's Growth Plan, aimed at boosting the UK's economic growth by leveraging the tech sector and digital innovation. It highlights the importance of the tech sector in driving productivity, creating jobs, and enhancing the UK's global competitiveness. The plan is structured around three main pillars: Build, Empower, and Shoot for the Stars, each containing targeted policy actions to support the UK's economic development.

Main Views

• The UK tech sector is a key driver of economic growth, with a GVA contribution exceeding £150 billion annually and a projected 10.3% boost to GDP by 2030 from AI alone.
• The tech sector is essential for addressing challenges such as productivity stagnation, slow economic growth, and competitiveness in the G7.
• Digitisation and AI adoption are critical for both business innovation and public service efficiency.
• The Government's five missions, including securing the highest sustained growth in the G7, are supported by techUK's recommendations, which are based on industry insights and data analysis.

Key Information

Tech Sector Contributions

• Employment: 1.1 million people are employed by techUK's members.
• Turnover: £329 billion in 2023.
• Growth Rate: Estimated annual growth rate of 10%.
• Economic Impact: The tech sector is projected to add £200 billion to the UK economy by the end of the decade.
• Government Revenue: AI and digital adoption could raise £40 billion for the Government annually.

Policy Actions

Build the Right Foundations

1. Reform the Planning System:

   • Create a new category for data centres and digital infrastructure under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime.
   • Streamline planning decisions and reduce delays, especially for telecoms and data centres.
   • Encourage consistency across councils and improve planning officer resourcing.

2. Improve R&D Tax Credit System:

   • Establish an Expert Advisory Panel to guide HMRC in improving the administration and delivery of the R&D tax credit.
   • Re-introduce geography-specific expert teams within HMRC to better understand and support R&D activities in different regions.
   • Implement a de minimis qualifying R&D expenditure threshold (e.g., £30,000) to reduce HMRC workload and eliminate non-compliant claims.

Empower the Competitiveness of the UK's Everyday Economy

1. Place-Based Approach:

   • Develop tech clusters across all UK regions.
   • Improve public service quality and efficiency through digital transformation.

2. Public Procurement Reform:

   • Create more opportunities for UK scale-ups and SMEs to access Government contracts for technology projects.

3. Connected Hubs Programme:

   • Establish remote and co-working locations to support the growth of the tech sector and improve access to innovation.

Shoot for the Stars

1. AI Strategy:

   • Develop a comprehensive AI Strategy aligned with the UK Industrial Strategy to maximise AI's economic potential.

2. Tech Taskforce:

   • Create a permanent commercialisation taskforce within the Regulatory Innovation Office to support emerging technologies.

3. Support for Critical Technologies:

   • Increase the public R&D budget and support quantum, semiconductors, and cyber security.

4. Scale-Up Support:

   • Introduce a tailored scale-up support offer to address the UK scale-up gap.

Economic and Social Benefits

• Job Creation: Up to 678,000 new tech jobs across the UK.
• Productivity Boost: AI could raise productivity by half a percentage point by 2028/29, adding £39.9 billion to Government spending.
• Public Services: Digital transformation can improve the resilience, efficiency, and quality of public services.
• SME Support: Better digitisation could add an estimated £232 billion to the UK economy.

Supporting Evidence

• Digital Infrastructure: Cornerstone is a key player in digital connectivity, with projects that improve broadband access, environmental monitoring, and local economic growth.
• STEM Learning and NCCE: These organisations are crucial in fostering a skilled workforce for the future, with over 1 million computing education resources downloaded since 2020.
• GenAI Impact: Experian's survey found that GenAI could be worth up to £120 billion annually to the UK economy over the next ten years.
• SME Digitisation: SMEs can benefit from e-invoicing and other digital tools, which could increase productivity by up to 3% annually.

Timeline and Implementation

• Immediate Term (First 100 Days):

  • Deliver on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
  • Introduce the R&D tax reliefs Expert Advisory Panel.
  • Re-introduce geography-specific expert teams within HMRC.
  • Establish a de minimis R&D threshold.
  • Pilot AI solutions in local plan development.

• Medium Term (First 12 Months):

  • Extend qualifying categories for R&D tax credits to include capital expenditure.
  • Deliver the Growth and Skills Levy and the Digital Skills Toolkit 2.0.

• Longer Term (First Parliamentary Term):

  • Implement the Connected Hubs Programme.
  • Finalise the AI Strategy and Tech Taskforce.
  • Support scale-ups and critical technologies like quantum and semiconductors.

Conclusion

techUK's Growth Plan provides a strategic roadmap to ensure the UK remains a global leader in technology and innovation. It combines fiscal responsibility with policy reform to build a resilient, efficient, and competitive economy for the 2030s. The plan is designed to support all regions of the UK, foster a skilled workforce, and leverage digital and AI advancements to drive economic growth and public service improvement.