Manufacturing Strategy
The Government has unveiled a new strategy for the UK's manufacturing sector - 'New Challenges, New Opportunities' - to help UK firms take advantage of changing global trends in manufacturing.
In bringing forward its refreshed manufacturing strategy, developed by the Department for Business and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in partnership with industry, the Government is reaffirming is commitment to the sector as a key part of a mixed and balanced UK economy in the future.
The strategy brings together almost £150 million of medium term support for UK manufacturing, and sets out Government's view of what the sector needs for success in the long term - including seizing the opportunities of the low carbon economy, supporting skills, realising overseas opportunities, and improving the perceptions and understanding of manufacturing.
- Manufacturing: New Challenges, New Opportunities (PDF 846KB)
- Manufacturing: New Challenges, New Opportunities - Summary (PDF 575KB)
- Memorandum of Understanding: Education and Training Support in the Manufacturing Sector (PDF 71KB)
- BERR Economics Paper No.2: Five Dynamics of Change in Global Manufacturing - Supporting Analysis for 'Manufacturing Strategy: New Challenges, New Opportunities' (PDF 1,331KB)
- The Supply Chain for a UK Nuclear New Build Programme: A report by the National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC) (PDF 1,225KB)

