TM’s Victoria Fitzgerald interviews Secretary of State for Industry Vince Cable about the future of manufacturing beyond the wealth of encouraging data and how Scottish independence, a renegotiation in Europe and a focus on reshoring is set to impact the sector’s trajectory.
British manufacturing has enjoyed an enviable surge in confidence since the start of 2014, with multiple surveys recording solid output and an increase in orders. Data released in June revealed UK productivity to be almost 4% below its prerecession level and 21% below the average productivity level across G7 nations. TM asks Dr Cable to…
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