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September 04, 2025

Can the UK compete? Inside the Modern Industrial Strategy

26 minutes

This episode of Industry 2Day features Kristin Baker, Vice President of Industrial & Process Automation at Schneider Electric, and explores the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy and how it supports critical goals around digitisation, decarbonisation and skills development.

We unpack the relationship between policy and practice, looking at Schneider Electric’s own investments in the UK, what it means to remain competitive in a challenging global landscape, and how the sector can prepare its people and infrastructure for the energy systems of tomorrow.

In this episode, we discuss:

How the Modern Industrial Strategy will support UK manufacturing

Digitisation and decarbonisation

Ambition vs. affordability - what needs to be done to make the UK more competitive?

What Schneider Electric is doing to show its commitment to UK manufacturing

How can we attract more investment into the UK?

Clean energy landscape - the biggest opportunities and responsibilities

End connection infrastructure in the UK - is enough being done to support UK businesses?

The Industrial Strategy and the UK skills gap - how do we better connect with underrepresented groups?

To learn more about the podcast, visit www.mtcevents.co.uk/industry-2day

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