Manufacturing ‘do tank’ launched at British summit

Posted on 21 Nov 2014 by Jonny Williamson

The first British Industrial Entrepreneurship Summit (BIES) brought together global brands, young engineers, SME manufacturers, leading spokespeople and academics in an effort to understand how best to boost the nation’s manufacturing and engineering.

Held on November 19 in London and sponsored by Rockwell Automation, delegates heard from EEF chief economist, Lee Hopley, who stated that “the best of UK manufacturing is in the future, not the past”, and IMechE’s head of engineering in Society, Dr Helen Meese. With industry research from organisers, Cadence Innovation Marketing, revealing that not…

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