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Business leaders raise concerns over flagship Labour investment summit

Scheduling of event two weeks before budget in late October criticised at party conference as ‘wrong way round’

The Guardian - UK

Renewed calls for UK industrial strategy to bring in investment and fix Brexit damage

Billions risk being lost without joined-up policy on tech, robotics, renewables and training, says manufacturing body

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s autumn budget must reverse ‘decade of decline’ in UK infrastructure

Economy held back by ailing transport network, with poor roads adding to logistics costs, say manufacturers

The Guardian - UK

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Manufacturers and unions join forces to press for UK industrial strategy

Exclusive: Industry leaders urge government to ‘seize the goodwill’ while at critical moment in attracting global investment

The Guardian - UK

Scotland sees growth in manufacturing jobs as England records decline

The devolved nations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have seen big growth in the number of manufacturing jobs in the last year, in contrast…

The National (Scotland)

UK manufacturers expecting boost in second half of 2024

Make UK survey foresees growth in sector, but warns next government must tackle skills shortage

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor should axe all budget statements, say manufacturers

Make UK says limiting big policy changes to one per parliament will give companies more stability

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Manufacturers say UK becoming more competitive as global hub, survey finds

Findings show British bosses growing in confidence over sector’s prospects despite ‘headwinds of sustained economic challenges’

The Guardian - UK

Short-staffed sectors in UK respond to measures to cut net migration

James Cleverly’s measures are not popular with social care and hospitality

The Guardian - UK

UK manufacturers call for ‘major MOT’ of business tax and regulation system

Report says many aspects make companies uncompetitive, as chancellor Jeremy Hunt is urged to make reforms

The Guardian - UK

Crisis-hit CBI shelves plans for tie-up with manufacturing body Make UK

Confederation of British Industry tells members it is confident an alternative emergency cash rescue will be found

The Guardian - UK

Can a merger of the CBI and Make UK work?

City Voices: CBI needs a solution to its troubles sooner rather than later

Evening Standard

UK manufacturers cut hiring plans amid ‘sharp slowdown’, survey finds

Firms preparing for difficult year as ‘potent cocktail’ of difficulties takes hold, says industry lobby group

The Guardian - UK

CBI ‘at risk of insolvency’ as it races to secure merger with Make UK

Scandal-hit group says it has sought advice on restructuring, amid reports it is within weeks of running out of cash

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Share of EU trade for English and Welsh factories falls despite global trade boom

Make UK report says post-Brexit structural shift in trade is particularly hurting factories in north-west and West Midlands

The Guardian - UK

CBI frozen out of meetings with other leading UK business lobby groups

Efforts to regain place at intersection of business and government after scandal hampered by refusals to engage

The Conversation

The UK needs a new industrial strategy or it will lose the global green subsidy race

UK businesses have criticised the government for the lack of a clear industrial policy. Industry body Make UK has warned the country “risks being squeezed” by US and EU green subsidy packages.

The Guardian - UK

The UK has a PR plan masquerading as an industrial strategy

Britain says it has no need for Biden-style green subsidies as it has a thriving renewables sector. The complacency is staggering

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The Conversation

Companies are saying the UK is 'closed for business' - here's how it can become more open

Tech sector complaints about the difficulties of doing business in the UK have been repeated more recently by the manufacturing sector. A decade of “flip-flopping” by the government has left the UK without an industrial strategy, according to Make UK, which represents industrial and manufacturing employers.

The Guardian - UK

UK must renew industrial strategy and stop ‘flip flopping’, say manufacturers

Make UK warns British firms risk losing out, as Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act sucks up investment

Birmingham Post

North East manufacturing set to shrink this year but outlook improves

The Manufacturing Outlook survey from Make UK and accountancy firm BDO shows a marked pick-up in early 2023

Insider UK

Recession fears ease in manufacturing, but growth remains elusive, Make UK and BDO say

Report says it's 'far too early to say the worst has passed'

The Independent UK

Recession fears ease in manufacturing, but growth remains elusive – report

Firms have seen a rebound in the first quarter, according to BDO research.

The Guardian - UK

‘No strategy’: West Yorkshire firms hope the budget supports industry

Business leaders looking for industrial plan of action from government amid uncertainty over the economy

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak must ‘reset’ trading relationship with EU, say manufacturing chiefs

European firms have gone cold on doing business in UK, survey finds

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