More than that, fashion is just the sort of thing Britain is supposed to be good at in this post-industrial age: creative, high-value-added, cluster-based.

ECONOMIST: London Fashion Week

"This is our first international partnership which we expect will create value for our members together with the important Welsh life science cluster, " she said.

BBC: Medicon Village

While the frontline members of the cluster focus on building their businesses or conducting their research, the intermediary adds value by tying the threads together.

FORBES: Making it Work: Cluster what?