What now provides a building block for a genuine export-led recovery? Where is Britain still strong in advanced manufacturing and know-how? What is now a bigger UK sector than car manufacturing, aerospace or telecoms?
The answer, which will surprise many, is the UK green sector. It is now worth more than £120bn a year, equivalent to 8% of UK GDP, and provides nearly 1 million jobs. It exports £800m a year in green goods and services to China, some £330m to the US, and nearly £300m to Germany.
