How We Build Britain
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Podcast Overview
<p>A podcast about energy, infrastructure and industry. Exploring why Britain no longer seems to value building, making and engineering things… and what it would take to change that. </p>
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Publishing Since
4/7/2026
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Recent Episodes
July 1, 2026
Has Brexit damaged British industry?
Has Brexit damaged UK industry? Ten years on from the referendum, the debate is still dominated by politics. But what does the evidence actually show? In this episode, Rob Gilbert examines the Brexit balance sheet for British industry. He looks at the impact on trade, productivity and investment, and explores what the new trading relationship has meant for automotive, agriculture and food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, defence and financial services. The evidence points to a real economic cost,...
June 17, 2026
Tim Pick - Britain's First Offshore Wind Champion (recorded at Global Offshore Wind '26)
Just how is the offshore wind industry in the UK really doing? I put that question to Tim Pick on the fringe of Global Offshore Wind 2026 in Manchester. Tim is Britain's first offshore wind champion, a former clean power commissioner, vice president of the Energy Institute and chair of the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership. We cover where the industry really stands, AR7 and the job of turning an allocation round into built projects, why Ardersier has upended the conventional wisdom on po...
June 3, 2026
Why investing in industry helps solve Britain’s NEET crisis
A million young people in Britain are now not in education, employment or training, the highest level in over a decade. Alan Milburn’s interim review into young people and work has laid out the scale of it. This episode argues that underneath the headline numbers is a story about what happened to British industry, and that rebuilding it is part of the answer. The review’s findings are stark: more than a million 16 to 24-year-olds are NEET, six in ten have never had a job at all, and the cost ...
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<p>A podcast about energy, infrastructure and industry. Exploring why Britain no longer seems to value building, making and engineering things… and what it would take to change that. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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