The government has challenged industry to bring forward proposals for government support to “transform and upgrade” their sectors through ‘Sector Deals’. The call came in a keenly awaited green paper from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’. The paper is out for consultation until 17 April. But BEIS said the sector deals would not include extra funding; instead, “the government will respond positively to compelling propositions from a wide range of sectors and industries… to improve the competitiveness of their sector”.