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Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)

UK demand for new vans shrink for fourth month running

Metal stars recognised at the Confederation of British Metalforming Awards

People & Skills

Metal stars recognised at the Confederation of British Metalforming Awards

British Steel

Last UK steel blast furnaces could be days from closure

SHL Medical opens new $220m manufacturing facility in the US

TASKI expands U.S. manufacturing operations

Lilly plans to more than double U.S. manufacturing investment since 2020 exceeding $50bn

electric vehicles

UK EV sales hit record-breaking levels in March

Tariffs

Trump’s trade tariffs: what will it mean for UK manufacturers?

Digital Catapult

Professor Keith Jackson appointed Chair of Digital Catapult

food manufacturing

The importance of supply chain partnerships

PMI

UK Manufacturing PMI: production contracts at faster pace as new orders decline at sharpest rate for 19 months