Treasury backs Made Smarter with £25.6m pilots announced

Posted on 23 May 2018 by Jonny Williamson

The Chancellor has launched a review of business productivity and fund new schemes to boost the UK’s performance and deliver higher wages for people across the country.

“It’s vital that the UK leads a new industrial revolution.” Some £20m will go towards the Made Smarter scheme in the North West, led by Siemen’s chief, Juergen Maier, which is aimed at increasing uptake of digital technology among manufacturing supply chains. A further £5.6m will reportedly be invested in Charlie…

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