We are led to believe that UK manufacturing is on the eternal decline, both in terms of the number of people employed and its contribution to the national coffers. The pervasive notion is, in fact, entirely false, as Jonny Williamson explains.
Time and time again we hear that the UK is a service-led economy, largely reliant on the nation’s status as a global finance & professional services powerhouse, with a high number of column inches and news reports not so subtly reinforcing the fact. And yet, the total economic contribution of manufacturing (11%) and finance &…
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