BIS cancels Manufacturing Framework

Posted on 8 Dec 2010 by The Manufacturer

The Government’s Manufacturing Framework, due for release today (December 8), has been cancelled for the immediate future, in favour of a Growth Review that requires more consultation with industry.

The Manufacturing Framework, the document designed to articulate the key points on which to build a new manufacturing strategy for the UK, will not be launched before April 2011. The cessation of the Framework will dismay many manufacturers and supporters of UK industry and represents an embarrassment for government, as senior ministers have repeatedly echoed…

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