A study by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has identified a range of ‘national competencies’ that UK manufacturing should develop in order to meet future challenges.

More than 90 per cent of UK manufacturers don’t believe the government has a specific manufacturing strategy, according to a new report.

UK government-backed funding aimed at innovation in industrial supply chains is being used to foster resource efficiency.

A joint survey by Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply has revealed UK manufacturing started 2012 on a positive footing.

This year’s Global Manufacturing Festival in Sheffield will feature Sir Roger Bone, president of Boeing UK, as a guest speaker.

Nissan Sunderland broke a number of UK car industry records last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

UK manufacturing production showed signs of stability in December 2011, however, over Q4 as a whole, output and new orders exhibited the sharpest falls since Q2 2009.

A Foresight project to investigate the future of manufacturing to 2050 has been launched by UK business secretary Vince Cable.

Analysis from The Carbon Trust and Siemens has revealed energy-efficient finance market potential in UK manufacturing of £4.6bn over the next three years, and they have launched a scheme to provide UK manufacturers with 'green' equipment finance

EEF, a manufacturers’ organisation, and business advisers BDO have released a survey that shows that manufacturing activity has fallen back in the last financial quarter.