Expectations for growth in UK manufacturing are rarely expressed without references to large companies like Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Coca-Cola Enterprises far in arrears. But should we really be looking to these kinds of companies – many of them foreign owned – for our future industrial …
The UK manufacturing sector’s ability, or lack thereof, to compete with rapidly developing, low cost economies like India, Korea and China has been an increasingly sensitive topic for debate in recent years.
Matthew Bridger - Associate, Thomas Eggar LLP
Innovation, particularly around valu…
At the Stockholm Summit in mid-February David Cameron raised hackles as he indicated that introducing quotas for leading companies for the number of women on their boards would not be ruled out by UK government. Here our NE responds to the threat of enforced gender balancing.
The Lord Davies report …
Terry Scuoler, chief executive of EEF, urges manufacturers to voice their Budget concerns at the National Manufacturing Conference and describes what the manufacturer’s organisation has already called for.
Terry Scuoler, Chief Executive of the EEF
In just a few weeks, the Government will se…
Public funding for university research is being squeezed and many researchers are turning to the private sector instead. Dr Tim Minshall argues for the benefits this trend will bring.
Tim Minshall - Senior Lecturer in Technology Management at the Institute for Manufacturing
With public funds st…
