As the Tube celebrates its 150th birthday, TM investigates the value of the network to UK manufacturing and talks to some of the Underground’s suppliers about their contributions to an iconic piece of transport infrastructure. Philip Greenish CBE, CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering talks about the unique position of the Royal Academy as an advocate for engineering in the UK and the transformed value of engineering in Britain over the past decade. Sir Roger Bone, president of Boeing UK, on the importance of international maturity to industrial competitiveness.



