Europe’s Silicon Valley? Getting beyond the branding of UK Government plans for the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor

The UK Government's £500 million investment package aims to unlock new homes, infrastructure and business space for the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor (OCGC). Central to the package is up to £400 million of initial government funding to kickstart development in Cambridge with affordable homes, infrastructure and business expansion, while in Oxford the Cowley Branch railway line will reopen with new stations at Littlemore and Cowley. The funding coincides with the Ellison Institute of Technology announcing a £10 billion investment on and around its campus on Oxford Science Park and Littlemore.

But how will OCGC be delivered? And what might this type of approach mean for investment at scale in other economic corridors and geographies?

Mission-based growth policy, the broader applicability of the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor model, and the importance of place-based economics and politics in cross-boundary ED at scale

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