Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said the last 20 years had been characterised by a neglect of the manufacturing sector and with putting “all the eggs in one basket” in the South East.Read
Shoppers, investors and potential employees will be encouraged to boycott firms which pay men more than women, as part of the Government’s controversial new drive to improve workplace equality.Read
Pottery brands Royal Worcester and Spode have been bought by ceramic firm Portmeirion, but manufacturing has ended at their two historic factories.Read
The managing director of one of Birmingham’s oldest manufacturers has blamed the downturn in the construction sector after the administrators were called into his business.Read
Some British industrialists are starting to throw off the unprecedented gloom recorded by CBI surveys last autumn and winter – although demand for their products has slumped faster than at any time for the past 30 years.Read
The national decline in the property market has provided a forward-thinking Brownhills manufacturer with the opportunity to increase turnover and take on new staff.Read
The Chancellor must use the Budget to illustrate how it intends to take forward its principle of ‘industrial activism’, or else risk allowing competing economies to get ahead of the UK, according to manufacturers’ organisation EEF.Read
A Midlands company is at the centre of an industrial espionage row after two engineers were charged with stealing photographs of a rival’s products.Read
