by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Themes, Themes 2018
KIM CARR Managing Partner, FBC Manby Bowdler There is no avoiding the fact that one topic has dominated most aspects of our national life during the last year – and will do so for some years to come. The UK’s exit from the EU throws up many questions for businesses...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Sponsored Content, Themes, Themes 2018
MANUFACTURERS URGED TO SAFEGUARD FUTURE OF INDUSTRY POST-BREXIT Peter Wilding, a corporate solicitor with FBC Manby Bowdler, is an acknowledged expert on EU law and one of the UK’s foremost authorities on Brexit. Peter advises the firm’s manufacturing client base, one...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 19, 2019 | Themes, Themes 2018
Barclays has published the results of a major new study – “A New Image for Manufacturing” – which surveyed 2000 16-23 year olds (‘Gen Z’) in order to understand how perceptions of manufacturing have changed, and 500 manufacturing decisionmakers to reveal the...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 19, 2019 | Themes, Themes 2018
HIGHER GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND SHORT-TERM TAX CUTS ANNOUNCED IN THE BUDGET ARE EXPECTED TO BOOST GROWTH IN 2019. UK Macroeconomic FactorsThe Bank of England (BoE) raised its policy rate to 0.75% in August 2018. A gradual tightening cycle is expected to continue,...
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...
