How We Build Britain
A podcast about energy, infrastructure and industry. Exploring why Britain no longer seems to value building, making and engineering things… and what it would take to change that.
How We Build Britain
Latest Episodes
Has Brexit damaged UK industry?
Has Brexit damaged UK industry?Ten years on from the referendum, the debate is still dominated by politics. But what does the evidence actually show?In this episode, Rob Gilbert examines the Brexit balance sheet for British indust...
Tim Pick - Britain's First Offshore Wind Champion (recorded at Global Offshore Wind '26)
Just how is the offshore wind industry in the UK really doing? I put that question to Tim Pick on the fringe of Global Offshore Wind 2026 in Manchester. Tim is Britain's first offshore wind champion, a former clean power commissione...
Why investing in industry helps solve Britain’s NEET crisis
A million young people in Britain are now not in education, employment or training, the highest level in over a decade. Alan Milburn’s interim review into young people and work has laid out the scale of it. This episode argues that underneath t...
Why geography might be the answer to economic growth.
I reflect on Great British Energy's first year and ask an honest question: what has actually changed for the places that have been on the wrong side of industrial decline for a generation? The answer is complicated, but there is a genuine...
