11 September 2023 The UK has overtaken France to become the world’s eighth-largest manufacturer, according to the manufacturers’ organisation, Make UK. Its analysis of the latest official data… Read More
3 May 2023 Innovate UK has launched a programme to drive the take-up of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies in the UK. The BridgeAI programme… Read More
11 January 2021 Fears over the impact of the UK’s new trading relationship with the EU and the attractiveness of the UK for investment and talent are clouding… Read More
27 July 2020 If the UK transitions to “green” manufacturing, it could add £8–20bn to GDP and create up to 1 million jobs, according to a new report… Read More
20 July 2020 Britain’s manufacturers are calling on the Government to extend the Job Retention Scheme for strategic industry sectors by six months to avoid losing highly skilled… Read More
30 June 2020 The first detailed analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on UK manufacturing estimates that it could cost up to £35.7bn in GVA (Gross… Read More
8 May 2018 Manufacturing accounts for nearly a quarter of the UK economy and more than 7.4 million jobs depend on it – far more than usually thought… Read More
11 December 2015 UK manufacturers have become less confident in the Government’s ability to create a more balanced economy by expanding the sector, according to a new survey… Read More
30 October 2015 The Welsh drives-maker, Invertek Drives, has announced plans to expand into a new factory that will boost its production capacity from 150,000 to more than… Read More
26 February 2015 Britain’s manufacturers have drawn up four key priorities that, they say, the next UK government will have to build on to create the better-balanced economy… Read More
