Our single most important piece of research – the Annual Manufacturing Report – has now been published, offering unparalleled insight into the state of the UK manufacturing sector in a year of yet further uncertainty.
Inside, we preview the findings – including the sense that far from being additional burdens, climate change and the drive to carbon zero are being viewed as positive spurs to business transformation.
Elsewhere, we reveal how supply chains are evolving to become more resilient; how ‘re-manufacturing’ offers an opportunity to both reduce waste and boost productivity; how data is improving food transparency and traceability; how SMEs can more easily digitalise their systems, and how self-healing concrete could revolutionise construction.
We also sit down with the CEO of Europe’s largest manufacturing research organisation – the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, and discuss how Semta’s change in name to Enginuity represents a far-deeper transformation for the skills body with its Chief Exec.
