£1bn supply chain fund to solve productivity challenge

Posted on 7 Nov 2017 by Jonny Williamson

The Chancellor’s upcoming budget should set aside more than £300m investment in a £1bn productivity improvement programme to boost manufacturing supply chains, ADS suggests today.

While the UK’s largest manufacturers are dependent on the ability of local supply chain to continue improving their productivity. A government commitment of £345m in the November budget would secure private sector investment of more than £600m for initiatives supporting supply chain companies in the aerospace, defence, automotive, rail and civil…

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