Case Study: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills achieves clear map-based insights to drive economic growth with Ordnance Survey

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - Customer Case Study

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) commissioned Sir Andrew Witty’s Review of Universities and Growth to locate regional industrial clusters and “centres of excellence” that could drive UK economic growth. To make the review’s statistics clear and geographically actionable, BIS used mapping data from Ordnance Survey under the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA), drawing on products such as Boundary-Line™, Code-Point® and Code-Point with polygons.

Ordnance Survey’s data was used to produce over 40 maps for the report, turning complex tables into accessible geographic intelligence that increased stakeholder engagement (over 150 respondents), improved transparency and enabled more data to be included. The Ordnance Survey maps directly informed local policy and investment planning and helped underpin decisions related to about €6.2 billion of European Structural and Investment funding, delivering measurable impact on strategy and resource allocation.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Robin Webb

Head of the Review Team