Over 50 of the Midlands’ leading manufacturers met in Leicester yesterday to discuss the sector's role in levelling up the UK. Boosting manufacturing has a key role in creating regional growth, reducing geographical inequality, leading to higher productivity and better wages for all.
The Midlands is the leading location for UK manufacturing, with 25,270 businesses and 555,820 existing jobs in the sector, equalling 12.5% of total employment – a much higher percentage than the national average. Key themes emerging from the conference included: The UK has been allowed to become too regionally unequal, in large part due to…
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