Andrew Marr on LBC, Munira Mirza,
Chief Executive.

“I think there is an opportunity to tell the world, tell the markets that investing in productive infrastructure, things that will help boost the economy, are worthwhile and that the UK has a plan to try and deal with economic stagnation.”

Andrew Marr on LBC, Munira Mirza,
Chief Executive.

“We have a very strong science base, a great start-up culture…and in order to get out of this economic stagnation we have to start thinking about how we use technological innovation and it’s not just about more science brain power, it’s about what politicians and people in public institutions can do to also help boost that science talent that we have.”

The Times, Munira Mirza,
Chief Executive.

“There are many opportunities to turn things around — as long as we take seriously what it means to really prioritise growth and the trade-offs that growth involves. It is not technology by itself that will decide its impact on our lives but the ability of the great twin powers of the state and business to integrate, fund and develop new frontiers of technological change.”

Financial Times, John Thornhill,
Innovation Editor.

“There have been a few great examples of the public and private sectors working well together in Britain: the expansion of the offshore wind turbine industry and the rapid development of the Oxford Covid vaccine, to name but two. But what was striking at the Civic Future event was the seething frustration felt by many of the British participants at the inability of successive governments to help realise this economic potential.”

Substack, Sam Bowman

“I think there is an opportunity to tell the world, tell the markets that investing in productive infrastructure, things that will help boost the economy, are worthwhile and that the UK has a plan to try and deal with economic stagnation.”

Bloomberg, Adrian Wooldridge

“We have a very strong science base, a great start-up culture…and in order to get out of this economic stagnation we have to start thinking about how we use technological innovation and it’s not just about more science brain power, it’s about what politicians and people in public institutions can do to also help boost that science talent that we have.”

City AM, Adam Hawksbee, Onward

“There are many opportunities to turn things around — as long as we take seriously what it means to really prioritise growth and the trade-offs that growth involves. It is not technology by itself that will decide its impact on our lives but the ability of the great twin powers of the state and business to integrate, fund and develop new frontiers of technological change.”

The Spectator, Kate Andrews and Professor Tyler Cowen

“It’s the number one policy problem. If people don’t see their living standards going up. There will be political discontent, other bad decisions will be made… and that’s what we’re seeing. I think that’s why we’re all at this conference, hosted by Civic Future, to figure out what to do”