‘A change on the map’: The £400m vision to transform Derby’s industrial future

Gary Jones has a surprisingly straightforward measure for whether his hugely ambitious £400m INFINITY project has succeeded.

“A change on the map,” he says.

It sounds modest for a development promising 2,500 skilled jobs, another 15,000 indirectly and manufacturing capabilities its backers claim could be among the most advanced anywhere in the world.

But Jones, chief executive of INFINITY, means it literally.

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