by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: Ensuring the right balance of engineering skills availability will prove crucial as the UK enters a period of political uncertainty POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHURN HAS CREATED INDUSTRY NERVOUSNESS BUT INNOVATORS REMAIN BULLISH IN RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 17, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
Above: Burntisland Fabrications (Bifab) was rescued from administration by offshore specialist D F Barnes. AN UP AND DOWN YEAR FOR MANUFACTURING IN SCOTLAND INCLUDED CLOSURES BUT ALSO SOME NEW OPENINGS. Achallenging few years has set the fate of Burntisland...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 17, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
Above: Goonhilly Earth Station was founded in 2014. Power games and mixed blessings. The statistics tell a story of a subdued year in the region, with the liquidation of Carillion in January 2018 denting metal manufacturers. But emerging opportunities are still a...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 17, 2019 | Themes, Themes 2018
The UK’s manufacturing sector is experiencing its longest period of sustained employment growth in four decades. In the five years to March 2018, 145,000 new manufacturing jobs were added to the economy. While the overall picture is positive, the sector still faces...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 17, 2019 | Themes, Themes 2018
PUTTING RIGHT SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS: REASONS TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UK MANUFACTURING In April 2018 the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) published a report on the True Impact of Manufacturing. The report was commissioned because there was a real...
