Gordon Brown convenes national innovation summit in Manchester to boost regional competitiveness
The former prime minister has brought together chief executives, founders and investors at a government-backed event to promote productivity and technological collaboration across northern regional economies.
In a surreal editorial caricature, Gordon Brown hosts an innovation summit on a giant orange lifebelt. He offers a business card to a struggling business owner in the water inside the ring, whose outstretched hand needs something rather more substantial. Two well-dressed delegates sit comfortably above the water.
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