by Will | Jan 17, 2018 | East Midlands, Regions, Regions 2017
[title size=”4″]An established motorsport industry is at the core of the East Midlands’ advanced manufacturing clusters, including medical technology, pharmaceuticals agricultural robots – and Doc Martin’s shoes. By Charles Orton-Jones.[/title] The normal...
by Will | Jan 16, 2018 | Regions, Regions 2017, Yorkshire & Humberside
Credit: Marisa Cashill © Johnson Press [title size=”4″]Boeing and McLaren dominated manufacturing headlines in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2017 – while calls for SMEs to adopt Industry 4.0 became increasingly urgent, steel saw a flurry of investment...
by Will | Jan 16, 2018 | North West, Regions, Regions 2017
[title size=”4″]The North-West region, with its two powerhouse centres of Manchester and Liverpool, continues to lead the way for UK manufacturing and is determined to build on its proud heritage. By Mark Venables[/title] The North West has always been a...
by Will | Jan 16, 2018 | Northern Ireland, Regions, Regions 2017
[title size=”4″]Brexit poses major questions for manufacturing, but nowhere is the challenge more severe than in Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK to share a land border with the EU. By Gerrard Cowan[/title] Northern Ireland is significantly more...
by Will | Jan 15, 2018 | Regions, Regions 2017, Scotland
Above: CS Wind UK is the UK’s only off shore wind turbine mast producer. Credit: CS Wind UK LtdThe Scottish industry with the highest profile has undoubtedly been oil and gas – for the past 40 years, at least; longer than the majority of the working-age population has...