UK manufacturers want more support to help SMEs to grow
6 December 2021 Britain’s manufacturers are calling on the Government to improve access to funding for small and medium-sized firms to help them to boost their productivity and… Read More
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Manufacturing grows at fastest since 2018, but prices are rising
24 May 2021 Last month, the UK’s manufacturing output grew at its fastest rate since December 2018, according to the latest monthly industrial trends survey by the Confederation… Read More
UK manufacturers most optimistic for nearly 50 years
23 April 2021 Optimism among UK manufacturers improved at its fastest rate since April 1973 during the three months to April, while investment intentions saw a strong, broad-based… Read More
UK manufacturing output rises for fourth month in a row
1 October 2020 The UK manufacturing sector continued its recovery from the Coronavirus-induced downturn during September. Output and new orders increased as new work intakes improved from both… Read More
UK’s SME manufacturers report record falls in output
4 August 2020 In the three months to July, output volumes from SME manufacturers in the UK fell at the fastest rate on record, according to the Confederation… Read More
US researchers find that every robot replaces 3.3 jobs
15 May 2020 American researchers have calculated that every new industrial robot installed in the US between 1993 and 2007 replaced 3.3 jobs. But in a separate analysis… Read More
Automation firms can now use FDI spec to develop products
10 March 2015 The FieldComm Group – the standards-based organisation formed in January by the merger of the Fieldbus Foundation with the Hart Communication Foundation – has announced the availability… Read More
£1m investment doubles automation firm’s office space
2 February 2015 HMK Automation & Drives, which claims to be the UK’s largest independent supplier of motion products, has completed a £1m refurbishment of its head office… Read More
UK manufacturing output is higher than in the 1970s
22 October 2014 Total manufacturing output from the UK is now slightly higher than it was in the late 1970s, despite a dramatic fall in the number of… Read More
Many UK managers are still below pre-recession pay levels
1 July 2014 Despite the upswing in the economy, pay levels for a fifth of senior managers in the UK manufacturing sector still haven’t returned to pre-recession levels. Read More
