This month, we sit down with Jim McColl, the inspirational figure who has brought Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd back from the dead and in so doing restored commercial shipbuilding to the Clyde. He thinks big and wins big. Elsewhere, our interview with Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, makes it obvious that the business sector believes it cut government far too much slack over Brexit; and Ian Green, senior controller of the Nissan Skills Foundation, explains why the Foundation is a model of its kind. We also pay tribute to Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, a truly inspirational figure and a hero to UK manufacturing. His contribution, mainly but by no means solely through WMG, has been enormous.


