Government has vowed to crack down on tax avoidance which leaves HMRC with a ‘tax gap’ of £32bn a year. Tim Brown investigates proposals to shake up and the way companies pay tax in Britain. Will Stirling finds out about the world according to Professor Steve Evans, and what it might mean for the future of manufacturing. TM also takes an overview of UK automotive manufacturing including insight into the need for capacity and capabilty development in the supply chain and the scope for still greater lean efficiencies in production. Paul Everitt at ADS explains the size and scope of the market for autonomous and intelligent technologies stretches far beyond military applications.
