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Spring Statement 2018 allocates the first wave of funding, providing over £95m for 13 areas across the UK.

Manufacturing investment: uncertainty ahead

Smart Factories - image courtesy of University of Warwick WMG.

Engineering smart factories of the future

Leadership SKills Innovation Ideas Planning Design Foundations Meeting - Stock Image

Design Foundations: strengthening innovation

UK Advanced Manufacturers Budget Cash Finance Investment Money Coins Working Capital GDP Figures

Working capital: the UK’s cash conundrum

Industry 4.0 Smart Factory Wireless IoT Industrial Internet of Things Stock

Digital Transformation

Industry 4.0: turning theory into reality

Santander has provided an invoice financing facility to ensure that supplier payments are processed quickly - image courtesy of shutterstock.

Investment: the certainty deficit

The Multi Carrier System is an innovative packaging solution designed to give manufacturers real flexibility – image courtesy of Siemens.

Multi Carrier System: driving flexibility

UK Patents Creativity Design Thinking Innovation Industrial Strategy - image courtesy of Pixabay.

What is design thinking?

RESIZE-Owen Mumford Design Manufacturing

A combined approach to design & manufacturing

UK manufacturing productivity grew by 4.7% between 2000 and 2007 - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Overcoming productivity woes

At the ‘Solutions Theatres’, manufacturers will gain deeper insight into topics such as ‘Smart Factories’, ‘the Future of Logistics’ or ‘The IoT Edge’.

Industry 4.0 and the Smart Factory