Read CaSE’s submission ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget, including setting out what might be needed to reach the Government’s long term aim of investing 3% of GDP on research and development.
In our submission we set out that we want to see Government:
- Prioritise R&D investment to boost business confidence
- Set an interim milestone to increase public investment in R&D to 0.7% of GDP
- Be good stewards of public funding
Download the full submisison
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