Open Sourcing the Industrial Strategy
This report reviews the Government’s IS-8 definitions and provides the clearest and most robust mapping available today, using real-time, explainable methods that leave outdated SIC codes behind.

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This report reviews the Government’s IS-8 definitions and provides the clearest and most robust mapping available today, using real-time, explainable methods that leave outdated SIC codes behind.
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