London is building on its existing strengths in services and adding a new superpower in frontier innovation.
We are growing these sectors in clusters across the city – from our globally exceptional city centre to innovation districts, innovation corridors and town centres.
Discover London’s growth sectors
Find out how the plan prioritises the sectors that will be most impactful over the next decade.
Frontier innovation: London’s next superpower
Discover London’s next superpower in life sciences, AI, green innovation and more.
Financial, professional and business
Learn how we are driving growth across finance, law, consulting, built environment, IT, cyber and more.
Creative industries and technologies
Find out how we are growing our creative industries clusters for film, TV, gaming, music and more.
Experience economy
Uncover the importance of culture, hospitality, events and attractions to make London a brilliant place to visit, study and live.
International education
Explore how London’s international students feed our talent pipeline and why it’s a productive export sector for London.
Explore places for growth
What we are doing
To grow London’s priority sectors, we will:
- Grow the skilled workforce: This is the primary task, as all our priority sectors rely on human capital. The plan for this is in the inclusive talent strategy.
- Promote the sectors to win international investors and customers: We are promoting London’s strengths in the key sectors and focus our inward investment activity on them. The plan for this is in investment and promotion.
- Dramatically increase investment into innovative companies: This is especially relevant for frontier innovation, but is also critical to grow technology companies. The plan for this is in investment and promotion.
- Support our growth sector businesses to scale internationally: Exporting is key to our ambition to grow global companies. The plan for this is in backing our businesses.
- Deliver a City Innovation Strategy: Using the power of London’s public sector to accelerate innovation through procurement, data and testing. The plan for this is in backing our businesses.