Willetts sees ‘very large manufacturing’ returning to the UK

Posted on 8 Jul 2013

Speaking to The Manufacturer at the opening of Bloodhound’s new Technology Centre, universities and science minister David Willetts hailed the strength of UK manufacturing and the prospect of large projects coming to British shores.

Mr Willetts said strong manufacturing in the UK was one of the country’s great strengths exemplified by projects like Bloodhound SSC. “As manufacturing becomes more and more hi-tech then we can look to see very large manufacturing coming to the UK and certainly automotive, ranging from the domestic car through to Formula 1 and this [Bloodhound…

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