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On ITV ("Tonight"), Thursday 15th July, a show called "Made in Britain", presented by Jonathan Maitland, aired. The programme gave a very good explanation of the problems and the opportunities for British manufacturing. Including good interviews, with the owner of Acme Whistles, John Willman of the think-tank Policy Exchange, Ruth Lea (ex-IOD, now heading up the Manufacturing Regeneration Initiative for the think-tank Civitas), Lord Digby Jones (ex-CBI, ex-Govt Minister), James Dyson and Vince Cable.
If you'd like to see the programme, simply follow this link: http://www.itv.com/news/tonight/
Encouraging Aerospace sector performance in a tough year:
A|D|S, the UK’s AeroSpace, Defence and Security trade organisation has published the findings of its 2010 aerospace industry survey. The report examines the performance of the UK-based sector covering both civil and defence aerospace during 2009. The results provide a definitive picture of the overall UK-based aerospace sector and are used by Government and analysts alike.
Boost for Manufacturing Output
March manufacturing output jumped 2.3% compared with February, the biggest monthly rise since July 2002 which surprised economists who had predicted an increase of just 0.4%.
Who says the British don't make anything any more? Just look at the iPhone
First-quarter results from Arm on Tuesday revealed that in the first three months of the year a record 1.4bn microchips designed by the Cambridge-based company were shipped.
Brown told that manufacturers are succeeding in spite of him, not because of him
Another put down for Gordon Brown while on walkabout meeting “real” people, this time from someone working at the coalface of British manufacturing.
Chiswick or China: Brompton bicycles sparks IP debate
The iconic UK folding bike maker Brompton is a curious company. Though exports account for around 75 per cent of its output, it continues to manufacture all of its bikes in the UK. And not just any part of the UK, but in leafy Chiswick, spiritual home of the urban SUV and top of the range baby buggy, and just about as far removed from a UK industrial heartland as it’s possible to get.
BMFQ proven right yet again
Since BMFQ was launched seven years ago to promote British manufacturing as essential to the future growth and stability of the United Kingdom, we have grown used to being called all sorts of names. These have included dinosaurs and Neanderthals, and we even been accused of being out of touch with reality with unrealistic ambitions!
