Business & Industry
Industrial Strategy 2025
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Closer cross-collaboration and smarter hiring processes will help generate new talent to manufacturing
Industry needs to partner with government and educational institutions to help grow the workforce. The manufacturing sector is vital to the UK economy, driving innovation, productivity, and growth. It contributes around £220 billion per year to the economy.1 However, attracting and retaining new talent continues to be a significant challenge. New Talent crucial for the...
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Steps that can help upskill the UK manufacturing industry
The Government’s commitment to publishing a modern Industrial Strategy is a welcome step to providing manufacturing businesses with much-needed certainty. It has been a turbulent decade for the UK’s manufacturing sector. Brexit tore up the rulebook for businesses that sold their goods into the EU, the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains, and Russia’s invasion...
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UK life sciences being held back by lack of institutional investment
UK life sciences lead in R&D, yet lag in funding. Find out how pension reform and investment shifts could unlock £50 billion to drive global health innovation. The UK life science sector punches above its weight on the global stage. Our small nation plays host to only 0.8% of the world population but four out...
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Why people development is a boon for business agility — and growth
Manufacturing companies should recognise the importance of people development. It’s an investment that creates workforce agility and gives businesses a competitive edge. “All companies must be resilient,” says Malcolm James, CEO of business transformation experts, Sharing in Growth. One way to achieve resilience is through agility. “Agile workforces have the ability to foresee problems, react...
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Empowering the future: skills investment crucial for industrial strategy success
Delivering the UK’s Industrial Strategy relies on a thriving manufacturing industry, but the sector faces significant labour constraints. David Grailey, Managing Director of MTC Training, argues that while the Strategy emphasises innovation and economic growth, it will fall short without serious investment in skills and enough workers in growth sectors. With growing demand for talent...
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The technologies powering UK manufacturing’s future
Discover the cutting-edge technologies powering UK manufacturing. Learn how they drive innovation, productivity and sustainability at the heart of industry and national strategy. Every man-made product starts with a process, and behind that process lies technology. The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) Cluster represents the companies that provide these essential — but often invisible — technologies:...
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Why supply chain resilience is critical to economic security today
The Government is setting out bold ambitions as part of the forthcoming Invest 2035 industrial strategy, including for the UK to be a global leader in advanced manufacturing. The resilience of supply chains is a cornerstone of competitive advantage in manufacturing. Recently, the threat of trade disruption has increased pressure on manufacturing supply chains. These shocks...
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Accelerating automation adoption in UK factories to close productivity gap
In the UK, we are entering a new and exciting digital age that has the potential to bring about numerous benefits to the manufacturing sector. Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and large language models (LLMs; generative AI) are transforming industries by automating tasks, optimising production and revolutionising the way we approach...