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The Campaign to "Keep Manufacturing in Britain"

Britain's manufacturing industry - once the envy of the world – has been in steep decline for several decades, and entered freefall during the last administration.

British Made for Quality (BMFQ) campaigns to keep manufacturing in Britain. We publicise the continuing decline in manufacturing, highlight ways in which this decline can be reversed, and lobby those in power to support the nation’s manufacturing industry.

Incorporated in 2002, BMFQ has continually warned of the dangers of moving British manufacturing off-shore, most notably to China and the Asian bloc. More than a million and a half British manufacturing jobs have been lost since the manufacturing exodus started in 1997, and imports – still largely sourced from China and the Asian bloc – continue to fill the shops. In spite of the recent rally toward Britishness all too few of the products on sale in Britain are actually made here.

Predictably, many hitherto ‘cheap’ imports are beginning to increase in price without an increase in quality. Asian economies are struggling to meet the demands of their now Westernised work force. Asian Governments are beginning to face the need for realistic currency valuation. Competitive pricing based on near slave labour rates, and resultant tiny production costs is coming to an end.

Moving British production offshore is no longer so tempting or economically viable;
Indeed some manufacturing ‘emigrants’ are beginning to come home.

At last the tide may be turning! Advertisements for jobs in manufacturing are on the increase, although many companies still find it difficult to gain meaningful or long promised bank support, thus for many growth will continue to be slow and fraught with cash flow difficulties.

British manufacturers still face a mountain of largely unnecessary EU-instigated bureaucracy, excessive and unreasonable Health and safety regulation, employment law too often heavily weighted against employers. These issues must be addressed to give manufacturers a fighting chance to help rebuild the British economy.

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