clusters I might be prepared to believe in

You know there are some proposed clusters I'd be prepared to consider were a cluster, and have a bit of confidence in:

- London's media cluster
- associated - London's creative industries cluster
- Sheffield's steel cluster - yes! its still going - producing more steel than ever before, some highly specialised, just not employing as many bods.
- UK/London's financial services cluster - which really now extends across many cities in the UK too
- UK defense - we probably have most parts of a defence/weapons cluster - i.e we can design, build, test and sell them

These might be clusters as defined by Porter etc.

Strong bits of cluster. There might be a case for saying that some strong parts of clusters exist in the UK

- Aerospace - still quite a bit of design and build capability here
- Food and drink - some products, yes, we do have strong presence

Anyone up for identifying any more full or partial clusters? - based on realism of course, and not some RDA glossy brochure.

All this is shooting from the hip really. So take no notice. If I don't present hard facts I wouldn't blame you from saying its rubbish.

I would really like to find out where the world's tourist tat cluster is based. I always wonder how that industry functions.