Influencing Change.
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Building Back Britain Commission sets out Blueprint for Growth
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A new report from WPI Strategy finds that half the SME builders operating in England are at risk of financial collapse by the end of this parliament.
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WPI Strategy announces partnership with ChamberlainWalker to launch Built Environment Unit
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WPI Strategy, in partnership with Microsoft, has launched a major new report looking at the impact on regional growth the adoption of Generative AI could deliver.
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WPI Strategy has released a new report, New Towns for England - where should they be, and how should they be funded and delivered?
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WPI Strategy wins City AM Consultancy/Advisory Firm of the Year 2025
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WPI Strategy wins PRWeek's Best Handling of a De/Merger or Acquisition Deal
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New report from WPI Strategy for HomeServe, Reframing the heat pump debate, a roadmap for government
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WPI Strategy releases snap polling on Chancellor's pro-growth intiaitives
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Building Back Britain Commission launches the 'Productivity Potential Index' with it's first report
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'Taken as Red' Book Launch- An in conversation with Anushka Asthana and Pippa Crerar
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Gordon Brown writes foreword for WPI report on empowering T-levels
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King's Speech analysis: how will Labour's legislative priorities be achieved? Webinar with Claire Ainsley, Hannah White and Tom Sasse
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WPI Strategy X Labour List Election Watch Party
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Building Back Britain Commission is launched with Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds
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WPI Strategy launches regulatory advisory service and makes double hire- PR Week
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Our Senior Advisor Claire Ainsley, writes on LabourList regarding Labour's manifesto launches
WPI Strategy provides strategic advisory services alongside specialist economic and policy research that help you navigate today’s fast-changing, complex regulatory and political environments.
What we do
Strategy. Research. Delivery.
WPI helps organisations turn technical arguments into politically salient and media friendly analysis. We provide strategic advice, produce economic and policy research and deliver high impact public affairs and communications outputs for our clients.
Impactful research for a variety of clients across a wide range of sectors
Telecoms
Clean Energy
“This timely research is a stark reminder just how pressing this issue is for communities across Great Britain, and that some of the most vulnerable people are in some of the most remote parts of the country”
Housing
Green Growth Report: The Opportunity of an Accelerated Green Hydrogen Economy, on behalf of the Green Hydrogen Alliance
“This report highlights the immense economic and employment opportunities that former industrial areas across the UK stand to gain from accelerating our green hydrogen economy. ”
Connecting the Countryside Report on behalf of Vodafone UK
A Place to Call Home report in collaboration with Leeds Building Society
“This report interrogates 40 years of data to find out what it takes to become a first-time buyer in 2023 and forecasts what the future looks like for young people’s aspirations. ”
We create independent coalitions of cross sector businesses to campaign on specific policy
Coalitions
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The Green Hydrogen Alliance is an independent business group representing some of the leading companies involved in the supply and use of green hydrogen technologies.
Its members are drawn from across the hydrogen supply chain, incorporating cross-industry perspectives such as supply, transport and industrial decarbonisation.
WPI has provided the commission with secretariat support and has worked with economists to author two reports on behalf of the commissioners, as well as conducting thorough research including running a series of roundtables across the country and interviews with leading figures to help inform the work.
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The Better Homes Alliance is a cross-industry group of energy providers, high street banks, retailers, manufacturers and public policy experts who have come together to call on politicians to take action to empower households to insulate their homes.
We are calling for a Rebate to Renovate. Simply put, our Rebate to Renovate is a stamp duty rebate applied to homes that raise their EPC rating through renovation within 2 years of a sale.
The Rebate will deliver the Better Homes our country deserves. Empowering. Rewarding.
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The Building Back Britain Commission is a pioneering group of independent businesses who have come together to produce new analysis and ideas to help unlock economic growth, boost productivity and create more opportunities for people in every part of the country.
The Commission will work with policymakers across the political divide over the course of 2024 with the aim of producing a blueprint for growth and prosperity immediately after the general election. Bringing together a range of businesses and academics, we will produce a new analysis that looks at the key issues and policies that should shape how a modern industrial strategy is designed. While productivity is key, we believe that we need to look at it from a new perspective: beyond the traditional focus on issues of skills, enterprise and competition policy, or capital inputs; and looking afresh at deeper issues such as educational attainment, health outcomes, technological capabilities and investment environment in local areas.
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The Purposeful Finance Commission is an independent organisation, supported by Pension Insurance Corporation, made up of leading combined authority figures and local government leads who have come together to identify, understand and overcome the barriers that communities across the country are facing in regenerating local areas, and in accessing long-term investment to support this.
WPI has provided the commission with secretariat support and has worked with economists to author two reports on behalf of the commissioners, as well as conducting thorough research including running a series of roundtables across the country and interviews with leading figures to help inform the work.
What our clients say
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Sinead Lynch, Chair, Shell UK
“Serving on the Covid Recovery Commission was a thought-provoking, valuable and enjoyable experience. The quality of the reports was excellent and I strongly believe that the work of the group can have a lasting impact on the future of policymaking in the UK. The WPI team’s relentless energy, organisational skills and patient support were key to making the project a major success.”
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Nick Lakin, Group Director of Corporate Affairs, Kingfisher
“WPI’s consistently strong balance of policy focus and political campaigning expertise were critical in achieving real impact for the Retail Jobs Alliance. They combined interesting content with effective messaging to achieve high-profile media cut-through, MP engagement and ministerial attention. All of which helped to shift the national debate on business rates in a positive way.”
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Tom Keith-Roach, UK President, AstraZeneca
“Bringing together such a diverse group of business leaders representing a cross section of British industry was a major undertaking. WPI not only succeeded in managing the project but they helped produce a final report with bold and pragmatic ideas that I am proud to put my name to.”
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John McVay, CEO, Pact
“I was impressed by WPI’s strategic focus on how the UK’s independent TV and film production sector could make the biggest difference to the debate over Channel 4’s future. They identified the people we needed to reach and the arguments that would stand out and appeal most to them, and successfully executed a series of interventions aimed at influencing them. I’m proud of the role Pact played, with WPI’s support, in stopping Channel 4 privatisation.”
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Manoj Badale, Co-founder, Blenheim Chalcot
“WPI played an integral role in producing and communicating a series of reports which I am proud to be part of. The work is not just bold in its vision but pragmatic. It could fundamentally shift the dial in how business, government and civic society interact and provide the framework for a more globally competitive, tech enabled economy which creates genuine opportunities for everyone.”
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John Allen CBE, Chairman, Tesco plc, Barratt Developments plc, Council at Imperial College
“WPI provided very strong support to the Covid Recovery Commission on a number of fronts: research, drafting, organisational support, political access and media relations. I wouldn’t hesitate to use them again and to recommend them to others.”
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John Holland-Kaye, Chief Executive, Heathrow Airport
“WPI provided first class advice and support for the Covid Recovery Commission. Their ability to combine top quality analysis with high profile political and media cut through was extremely impressive.”
We provide specialist advice and services through an elite team with a diverse range of political, media and policy backgrounds.