TAIU
UK Innovation Zones

The 11 Zones

Eleven zones. Eleven economic missions.

One connected network.

Each zone is organised around a mission rather than an institution, and proposed for the region where the capability, companies and research already sit.

Proposed by UKIZ · not a government designation

The map

Potential locations · proposed by UKIZ · select a zone to explore

Eleven potential locations.

Select a point to see the mission proposed for that region, the industries involved and why the capability already sits there.

The network already exists. UKIZ proposes connecting it.

The eleven

Location principle

Don't build clusters from scratch.
Build where gravity already exists.

The strongest location for each UKIZ mission should not be chosen politically or distributed artificially. It should follow existing economic gravity.

Then concentrate additional capability around it.

  • Research capability
  • Existing companies
  • Talent
  • Supply chain
  • Infrastructure
  • Universities
  • Transport
  • Energy
  • Land
  • Capital
  • International connectivity

Across the zones

Industries don't exist in isolation.

Some of the most valuable businesses may emerge where disciplines collide — AI with healthcare, advanced manufacturing or defence; advanced materials with energy; robotics with manufacturing; creative industries with technology; life sciences with engineering biology; space with communications.

Some of the most valuable companies will emerge between sectors rather than inside them. See how the industries intersect.