Regional Business Information for the North West
Manufacturing: Resilience and growth through diversity View Archive
Rebalancing the economy is seen as a priority for UK plc and manufacturing is expected to play a leading role in producing economic growth. TheBusinessDesk.com has teamed up with DLA Piper to look at some of the key issues facing the sector.
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North West manufacturing: Long-term strategy needed for investment
ON the one hand, the government is looking to the manufacturing sector to help lead Britain out of recession, with the much used phrase “export led recovery”, but on the other it has put no long-term support measures in place to help the sector address some very key issues, one of the most pressing being skills succession.
North West manufacturing: Meeting the financial challenge
MANUFACTURERS are funding investment through their parent companies, balance sheets or by finding alternative sources of finance, research...
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North West Manufacturing: Offshoring losing its appeal
MANUFACTURERS in the North West are increasingly seeing the benefits of returning production to the region.
North West manufacturing: Exporters should be more bullish with new markets
THE weak pound and a flat UK economy should mean manufacturers are looking to new markets overseas but many are instead choosing to...
North West Manufacturing: The UK's £21bn industrial powerhouse
MANUFACTURING businesses in the North West employ nearly 400,000 people, and generate more than £21bn a year, making the region the...