September car sale figures extends industry gloom
The optimism that there would be a huge growth in UK car sales in September have been halted, as more concerns are being spread about the industries financial health. The industry had been hoping for double-digit growth from last September, but sales only rose by 1.3%...
Government announce £30m R&D funding to help manufacturers
Government Announce New £30m R&D Funding to Help Manufacturers go Digital. Manufacturers are looking into digital technologies as a way of upgrading their productivity and competitiveness, and can now bid for a new layer of government funding. In what was one of...
The Apprenticeship Levy Must be Changed
95% of manufacturers strongly believe that the Apprenticeship Levy needs to be altered to an employer-led system. Employers from the manufacturing industry are asking the government for an immediate rethink into the Apprenticeship Levy. This is to make access to...
A Decline in Manufacturing Output
According to the latest CBI (the Confederation of British Industry) Industrial Trends Survey, manufacturing output has decreased to a standstill in the three months leading up to June 2019. The total number of orders submitted in the manufacturing books has been the...
