The old joke, ‘Invented in Britain, developed in the US, made in China, sold everywhere’ may be an exaggeration, but it contains an important lesson for UK manufacturing – ideas are necessary, but they are not sufficient to build a successful future. Richard Hill reports.
The jet engine, the microchip, float glass, stainless steel, vulcanisation of rubber… the UK has never had a problem with that 1% of genius earmarked for inspiration – but the 99% from perspiration? Richard Hill, head of Manufacturing & Automotive, NatWest. True, in many cases those eureka moments have been converted…
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