With so many players vying for a slice of the UK automotive pie, The Manufacturer sees how everyone can benefit from this enormously powerful sector. Legendary Scottish businessman, Jim McColl, tells TM how he brought shipbuilding back to the Clyde; and two years on, Fred Tongue explores whether the Northern Powerhouse is living up to what the government promised. Elsewhere, Bloodhound explains how a flurry of recent investment has helped to get the project back on track, export legislation is put under the spotlight, and Kronos warns that the maximum benefits of advanced technologies can only be realised if equivalent consideration is paid to those operating it.
