by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: Plymouth-based Princess Yachts is flying high, with an order book valued at over three quarters of a billion pounds The UK’s leisure marine sector is once again firing on all cylinders, buoyed by resurgent consumer demand and a low pound. For an industry that...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 18, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: CGT Catapult’s Stevenage manufacturing centre adds manufacturing capacity for viral vectors and cell therapies AS 2019 BEGINS, THE SHAPE OF BREXIT REMAINS UNKNOWN, AND THE PHARMACEUTICALS SECTOR IS HAVING TO PREPARE FOR A WORSTCASE SCENARIO OF A NO-DEAL EXIT,...
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 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
On December 6th the government celebrated the Industrial Strategy ‘One Year on’ event in Bristol, with the positive announcement of the Aerospace sector deal and ISCF Wave 3 funding. Graham Malley, Principal Director Accenture’s Manufacturing Practice and Programme...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 17, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
Above: Shoe mould on display at Make it British exhibition UK textile manufacturing is currently in a state of flux. The industry is more active than it has been for decades: exports are increasing, and the demand for ‘made in the UK’ labels is rising due to the...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 17, 2019 | Sectors, Sectors 2018
THE RESILIENCE OF THE UK PACKAGING MACHINERY INDUSTRY IS DEMONSTRATED BY A STEADY GROWTH TRAJECTORY, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES POSED BY BREXIT, DECLINING HIGH STREET SALES AND THE CONSUMER BACKLASH AGAINST PLASTIC. “Economically, the packaging industry is generally...
