UK manufacturing pioneers set to benefit from pilot digital tech programme

Posted on 17 May 2019 by Jonny Williamson

Nine companies based in the North West are the first in the country to benefit from a government programme designed to boost the country's productivity and growth through the adoption of digital technology.

The UK manufacturing businesses – which include a puppet-maker behind some of TV’s most iconic characters and a 50-year-old family-owned engineering firm – are part of the £20m Made Smarter Programme, which aims to help them to grow by adopting new digital technologies. Based in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and the Liverpool City Region, the nine companies are set…

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