David Cameron and Boris Johnson speeches

David Cameron and Boris Johnson speeches; David Cameron speech continued SOT Ten days ago, when I set out the coalition’s strategy for growth at the CBI conference, I announced an important change in government policy towards business and enterprise. For a long time, that policy has been broadly this: Identify the big ticket industries where Britain is strong – and work strategically to strengthen them. Of course, we should continue to get behind our competitive advantages. And we will focus relentlessly on removing barriers to business success across the economy. But I want us to combine that with something else. The world of business is changing at an astonishing rate. Insurgent companies are taking advantage of thousands of new innovations and millions of new consumers to generate billions in revenue within a short matter of time This is where so much of the promise of new jobs and opportunities lie and that’s why, as part of our strategy for growth, we’ve made a really important decision. We’re not just going to back the big businesses of today, we’re want to get behind the big businesses of tomorrow. We want to be firmly on the side of the high-growth, highly innovative companies of the future. Don’t doubt our ambition. Right now, Silicon Valley is the leading place in the world for high-tech growth and innovation. But there’s no reason why it has to be so predominant. Question is: where will the challengers come from? Bangalore? Haifa? Moscow? My argument today is that if we have the confidence to really go for it and the understanding of what it takes, there's no reason why London shouldn't be one of them. All the elements are here. And our ambition is to bring them together with the creativity energy of Shoreditch and the creative possibilities of the Olympic Park. Bringing those together we could help make East London one of the world’s great technology centres. I know this can’t – and won’t – hap...