Agri-businesses ‘need national cluster policy to tackle Brexit’

A national ‘cluster’ policy to help agri-businesses prepare for Brexit must be prioritised by the Government, according to an economic think-tank at the Cork Institute of Technology.

“Clustering is about industry collaborating with academia and government to increase competition and drive innovation,” said John Hobbs, a senior lecturer at the CIT School of Business, who heads up the V-LINC expert research group within the faculty of business and humanities.