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In this episode of the Root Cause Analysis, we dive into the importance of creating a strong culture of safety in the workplace. We explore what safety culture is, how to measure its maturity, and the critical role senior leadership and the workforce play in building and maintaining it. You'll also hear real-world experiences and lessons learned.This episode was filmed at the QEII in London at Make UK's National Manufacturing Conference.We also catch up with Leila as she progresses towards CMIOSH.

Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK, says Britain should negotiate a trade deal, as the country faces a 10% blanket US tariff, as well as steel and vehicles tariffs. He tells Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Valerie Tytel that the Labour government's effort to develop the relationship with the Trump White House has been "impressive" but 45% of all UK exports are manufactured products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you tired of the same old UK politics? Fed up with empty promises and weak leadership? In this video, I dive into a bold and controversial idea: Could Donald Trump, President of the United States, provide the leadership Britain needs to make the UK great again? Join us as we explore what it would mean for the UK to become the 51st state of America! This video unpacks the state of British politics, critiques UK politicians, and debates whether the leadership style of a figure like Trump could revitalize Britain's economy, restore free speech, and secure a brighter future for generations to come. Whether you're a staunch supporter of Brexit, a free speech advocate, or just frustrated with the current political climate, this video is packed with insights and opinions you won't want to miss.

2024 was a mixed year, with some stellar announcements like Tata Group's gigafactory investment offset by the cancellation of Phase 2 of HS2 and a budget black hole to pay for, but an Industrial Strategy may give the industry the long-term stability it needs. This article is by Will Stirling The Chancellor Rachel Reeves received a boost a week before her Autumn Budget when the IMF revised its forecast for UK growth this year to 1.1% (up from 0.7% in July) and 1.5% in 2025 – the biggest upward revision for any advanced country. It's a sign of better things to come, and 2024 was not a banner year in manufacturing, more one defined by steady stability, yet it still notched up a few memorable headlines for British industry. Spiralling costs meant the previous Tory government cancelled Phase 2 of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester, affecting hundreds of supply chain companies, which the new Labour government partly blamed for the cost overruns. The Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh launched an independent review to ensure lessons will be learned and the costs for HS2 are controlled. The cost of Phase 1, London to Birmingham, is expected to reach £66bn. Covid and the semiconductor-shortage-affected UK automotive sector got a fillip in February when Agratas, the battery division of Tata Group, confirmed a new £4bn battery gigafactory in Somerset. It was a relief for the car sector to see the UK stall on the global league table for gigafactory capacity, a key metric for car plant investment. While carmaking recovered strongly in 2023 after semiconductor supply returned, it is slowing down. By August, the UK had manufactured 522,833 cars, down 8.5% on production at the same point in 2023 when ythe figure was 571,671. Interestingly, year-to-date vehicles for the domestic UK market had increased by 12%, but exports, representing over 84% of all car production, were down 13.6%. The production of electric cars, including hybrids (EVs), fell by 26%. Automotive business group SMMT said this decline is expected to be reversed in the longer term as new models come on stream. Massive manufacturer discounting saved car sales in Europe in September, pushing BEV sales to 56,387 registrations. Siemens opened its new train factory in Goole, Humberside, in October and announced a further £40m in addition to the £200 investment in the Goole Rail Village, which will now bring up to 1,000 new jobs to the region, as well as around 1,700 supply chain job opportunities. In addition to maintaining the bogies from Siemens' 572 trains running in the UK, it will also include new production lines for assembling bogies for new trains, which will be the first for Siemens in the UK. Aerospace is battling delivery rate challenges: after Covid, orders poured in, and the industry is pulling on all levers to find ways to go above ‘Rate 60' into the consistent 80s or even 90 aircraft per month to reduce long delivery times. Ninety commercial aircraft were delivered in August, the highest in that month of the year since 2018. But that's not the whole story. While the global backlog of aircraft on order is 15,651 planes according to the industry group ADS - an extraordinary number - aircraft orders in the year-to-date are two-thirds behind 2023 levels. Perhaps it was a sign that Brexit was the past. The FA appointed Thomas Tuchel as the senior men's coach, causing gossip as the first German coach of the England football team. A week later, Britain and Germany signed a government-described “landmark' defence agreement to boost security, investment, and jobs. German defence giant Rheinmetall will build a new factory in the UK to make barrels for artillery guns, and German marine surveillance aircraft will supply patrols from RAF Lossiemouth. The factory will need British steel and will create 400 jobs. It's the first defence pact with Germany of this scale, although both countries already collaborate on making armoured vehicles, for example. In October, BAE Systems Maritime launched the sixth Astute class submarine, Agamemnon. Attention will soon switch to the multi-billion AUKUS submarine (SSN-A) programme, where the boats will be built in the UK and Australia. Fhaheen Khan, senior economist at Make UK says “Manufacturers this year experienced the most stable period of business conditions in almost a decade, despite still facing higher costs, tight interest rates and skills shortages.” While it could be seen as a year of two halves – the first six months boasting strong production, order books and investment intentions, and the second looking far more mixed due to an inevitable domestic market slowdown –manufacturers remain buoyant in their expectations.” h Accountants and business advisors are expecting more investment in the economy in 2025, following several years where major events and inflation have made business conditions that could be generally described as ‘sh*t'. Fhaheen Khan thinks the new 10-year industrial strategy is an important milestone in achieving economic growth, although some seasoned business leaders will say they have heard it all before. It's hard to remember, but the UK has had at least four official industrial strategies since the 2008/9 recession: in 2009 (Mandelson), 2012 (Vince Cable), 2017 (Greg Clark) and now in 2024. Khan says “It's highly encouraging that advanced manufacturing will be a key sector driving that growth, and the Industrial Strategy Council will help lay the pipework needed to modernise UK industry through the wide adoption of AI, computing, and techniques like 3D printing.” Of particular relevance to MTD readers, the numbers show that industries specialising in producing capital equipment like machinery, electronics and metal fabricators have experienced a positive year. This is due to strong exports to the US and the EU as many Western countries are investing in the kit to modernise their manufacturing – for example, the US's Inflation Reduction Act and, one could say, on the wave of ‘Make America Great Again'. Khan says “These subsectors have much to look forward to in 2025 as economic conditions stabilise further, inflation cools, and interest rates are loosened." The manufacturing technology expo MACH 2024 organisers said visitors were up 6% on the previous show and reported a good vibe. Greg Capp, sales director at EDM machinery firm Sodi-Tech, said: “Footfall has been the best in a long time. On Day One, we had enough enquiries for the next six months.” Overall, investment in manufacturing in 2023 (last full year) is up by 4% on 2022, from £40.24bn to £41.8m, and economists expect this to rise in 2024. Despite the numbers and late positivity, on the ground, some manufacturing machinery vendors and subcontractors report a frustrating year where the anticipated rush of orders failed to materialise. That flat confidence from 2022-2023 seemed to be overspilled into the year's first half. Andrea Wilson at deep hole drilling and boring engineering company Hone-All Precision says “2024 has been a challenging and varied year for most businesses. “Uncertainty and political instability have created conditions that have not been beneficial to business and have created barriers to growth. “The creation of the 10-year Industrial Strategy will hopefully give business and investors the confidence they have been lacking the last few years.” The new industrial strategy focuses on eight sectors: advanced manufacturing, clean energy industries, creative industries, defence, digital and technologies, financial services, life sciences, and professional and business services. High-tech, hard-tech, high-potential companies can benefit hugely from close government support. The top two sectors in the strategy are advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries. “Tokamak Energy does both!” says David Kingham, the executive vice chairman and a co-founder. He says that the company that designs, manufactures and operates a plant for nuclear fusion to generate power aims to accelerate the development of fusion energy, the most valuable technology of the 21st Century. “We were delighted to see the new consultation on the Industrial Strategy. A company like Tokamak Energy, with over 250 employees and global ambitions, can grow rapidly if we have consistent strong backing from the government.” The company has had spectacular success in recent years with the record-breaking ST40 high field compact spherical tokamak – which reached 100 million degrees Celsius plasma ion temperature, the threshold needed for commercial fusion energy. Its high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet development has also set records for magnetic field strength at a temperature of 20,000C. David says: “Our industrial strategy is to pursue fusion energy by assembling consortia around our core technologies to provide the complimentary capabilities necessary for the development and deployment of fusion. This will require major investment by governments and consortium partners, but the prize is the elusive goal of commercial fusion energy. The fastest achievable timeline for fusion is 10 years to a 50MW pilot plant, a goal set by the US Department of Energy milestone-driven fusion development program. “So a bold, consistent industrial strategy from the Government could enable the UK to have its fusion “cake” in the long term and “eat” the economic benefits of the magnet spin-off technology in the short to medium term.” In the supply chain, companies like Hone-All Precision want long-term stability, vision, and potential targeted support through programmes unafraid of ‘picking winners' that have previously blighted attempts to assist the industry within state aid rules. Managing Director Andrea Wilson says “The new Labour government must commit to long term strategic thinking and investment decisions, and the newly formed Industrial Council will hopefully achieve this.” “The council's success will be increased dramatically if it's informed by business leaders, owners, and most importantly, if it includes SME representation. The outcome of these two positive moves will hopefully result in us seeing the confidence and stability we all need to thrive.” Machine tool and machinery suppliers need orders, and for that, their customers need confidence to buy. Adrian Haller, managing director of Bruderer UK, a leading manufacturer of precision high-speed presses says “The UK has a fantastic opportunity in advanced engineering, and we have so many brilliant companies – at all levels of the supply chain – that are prospering despite the lack of a coherent Government strategy to support the sector.” “This isn't tubthumping; this is what we see every day when our sales engineers and installers commission precision high-speed Bruderer presses on shop floors across the country. Imagine what we could do if we had a long-term Industrial Strategy that focuses on our strengths and invests in them? And I don't mean the odd grant here and there. It needs to be substantial and flow down to SMEs – that is the critical bit. For industry to become more efficient, an area to improve is the education of manufacturing engineers about new, ‘smart' technology. Mark Weymouth, MD of PLUS Automation and UK representative for Contrinex and Satron, who runs a popular LinkedIn newsletter says “There's a pervading tendency for engineers to buy and commission what they know and not look at new, better plant and equipment that can raise productivity.” While PLUS Automation is in its fourth year of growth, many food and liquid process manufacturers are not explaining this technology to their site engineers. He says “The UK is about seven years behind mainland Europe in adopting many process technologies.” Although the increase in employers' national insurance payments may dampen this optimism, the indicators are that this new strategy for industry will help businesses, especially those in advanced manufacturing areas.

The Make UK/BDO quarterly manufacturing outlook survey for the third quarter of 024 shows that the industry has yet to a see lift off, as growth prospects look anaemic. In this latest podcast, Jonty Bloom is in conversation with James Brougham, Senior Economist, Make UK and Richard Austin, Partner and Head of Manufacturing, BDO, to discuss the Q3 Manufacturing Outlook report, with outputs starting to fall and recruitment has turned negative.

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Tackling sexual harassment at work: why HR need to take a multifaceted approach.  In this podcast episode, Jonty Bloom, former Business Correspondent, BBC, Journalist and Presenter discusses sexual harassment at work with Sara Meyer, Principal Legal Adviser, Employment Law & HR, Make UK. The thorny issue of sexual harassment at work continues to be a focus of media and regulatory attention.  In addition, from October 2024,employers will be subject to a new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment at work. This forthcoming additional protection for employees emphasises the importance of HR taking active steps now, to minimise the legal, reputational and financial risks that could otherwise arise in the future.

Why Equality, Diversity and Inclusion matter in the workplace.   In this podcast episode, Jonty Bloom, former Business Correspondent, BBC, Journalist and Presenter discusses with Sara Meyer, Principal Legal Adviser, Employment Law & HR, Make UK, why promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace is crucial.   In today's increasingly diverse society, issues relating to EDI can often lead to complicated and potentially expensive disputes. Listen to our podcast and learn how to navigate this tricky area.

How to turn your relationship with the health and safety regulator into a business advantage? David Butter is HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety, Head of Manufacturing Sector, for Health and Safety Executive, and the first guest on the debut episode of Root Cause Analysis.  In this conversation, David and Chris discuss topics such as, the damaging effects of negativity regarding the HSE, control of risk, PUWER guarding, and the need to be kind to your future self.   Chris also talks to Mark Stubbs, CMIOSH, about the importance of demonstrating and sharing best practice. Leila John shares her EHS journey and how she's making progress towards Chartered membership of IOSH.   Timings  00:00 Intro  00:00:18 David Butter is HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety, Head of Manufacturing Sector, for Health and Safety Executive  01:01:00 Mark Stubbs, Consultant, at Make UK  01:22:29 Leila's Diary – A journey to CMIOSH    Sponsor  Woodland Grange - Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa, is a residential conference venue and hotel, set in 16 acres of beautiful gardens in the heart of the Midlands. It's the ultimate venue to balance both work and relaxation. 

Ian King speaks to Fhaheen Khan from Make UK about new research that's shown manufacturers are facing the prospect of two years of "anaemic growth". And Tim Bannister from RightMove joins the show to talk about new evidence of a revival in the housing market. 

The controversy over Lee Anderson's comments continue to dog the Conservative Party, with Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson facing difficult questions on radio. Are voters swayed by these internal party rows? We discuss with Tom Lubbock from pollsters JL Partners. Manufacturing lobby group Make UK have a bold vision for management of the economy, but are politicians listening? The group's Chief Operating Officer Ben Fletcher joins us. Plus, our UK Government Editor Stuart Biggs has an update on the latest reporting ahead of next week's Budget. Hosted by Lizzy Burden and Stephen Carroll.Anchor, Bloomberg Radio See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning from London and welcome to a brand new week – we're starting things off with a nice ray of sunshine today – the Manufacturer's organisation Make UK has put a report out today saying that “UK manufacturing is experiencing a significant shift towards a brighter future” because of the effective action being taken by the government to support the sector. Less pleasingly the FTSE 100 is down to three-week lows. There aren't really any major winners or losers so far, and Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown says “wariness has returned at the start of the week, as investors assess the risks of geo-political conflict, amid fresh signs of global economic slowdown and uncertainty about the trajectory of inflation.” Turning to the small caps now and Helium One Global are back drilling in Tanzania after a rough end to 2023, Adriatic Metals have appointed a new Chief Sustainability Officer to support their work in the Balkans, and Argo Blockchain shares are down after a £7.8mln fundraise that they say will be put toward working capital, the repayment of debt and for general corporate purposes. Plenty to look forward to today so stay tuned, and have a great week #ProactiveInvestors #FTSE100 #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Tata's £4bn battery gigafactory and a £600m investment in BMW's MINI factory headline big investments and rising orders across manufacturing in 2023. But the pincer effect of high inflation, high interest rates and high demands from recovering OEMs is putting cash pressures on SMEs. Can they get the help they need to service the recovery and benefit from it, asks Will Stirling 2023 was a year of strained recovery for the manufacturing sector. After severe component supply delays caused by fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War, 2023 edged back to normality – or a new, more expensive normal. But as the orders returned, crippling inflation and high interest rates bit hard. Tata Group delivered a wonderful present to British industry and the beleaguered Tory government when it confirmed it would invest £4bn in a new battery gigafactory in England, understood to be Somerset, with a £500m Treasury subsidy. With the near collapse of Britishvolt's plan to build a gigafactory in Blyth and no news of the proposed West Midlands battery plant, the huge investment brings jobs and shows the UK's viability to other volume electric vehicle battery makers. The big question: will the plant manufacture high-value battery components, or simply be a giant assembly plant for parts made abroad? Staying with automotive, BMW announced a huge £600m investment in the MINI factory near Oxford to build electric cars. Production of two new electric MINI models is due to begin in 2026. As well as safeguarding the 4,000 jobs across Mini's two UK sites, it was a relief to many observers who thought that post-Brexit BMW might offshore Mini production wholesale to Germany. It could be interpreted as a strong example of recent efforts, led by Germany, for easier trade arrangements between the UK and the European Union. Sustainability and carbon reduction have returned as the number one business agenda, or number two after surviving inflation. Whatever your politics on fossil fuel and renewable energy, drilling approval of the Rosebank oilfield will also bring hundreds of jobs and a fortune in tax revenue, although the government showed ill-judged myopathy when setting a low guaranteed price for new wind power electricity prices. This meant just a few MW of new wind farm licenses were purchased in the latest offshore wind auction with Greenpeace dubbing it ‘the biggest disaster for clean energy policy in the last eight years'. Also in September, business group Make UK's annual analysis of manufacturing numbers showed the UK is now the 8th largest manufacturing nation in the world. The media and social media went berserk, with ‘8th biggest' setting LinkedIn alight. The UK's margin over the new 9th placer, France, is small and the numbers are fluid, meaning while it's cause for celebration it should not be taken as a long-term sign of ladder climbing. The aerospace industry is recovering strongly. Global aviation capacity should exceed its 2019 record by the end of 2023, as the airline industry returns to long-run econometric trends. Passenger demand recovery as measured by ‘revenue-passenger-kilometres' is, industry insiders say, largely due to the reopening of China's domestic market. Aerospace business group ADS says there is now a record backlog of orders for aircraft and engines – over US$1 trillion out to 2031, meaning aircraft production is ramping up to previously unknown highs. Airbus directly employs nearly 12,000 across all its manufacturing divisions and was on track to hire hundreds more in 2023. The company indirectly supports 79,000 jobs in the UK. “Like many in the industry, Airbus has had to navigate operational complications stemming from lagging post-Covid factors, including availability of material and skilled resources,” is what Paul McKinlay, Senior Vice President and Head of Wing Major Component Assembly, Airbus told MTD exclusively. “[However]… our supply chain is still subject to the challenges of recession, inflation, energy price volatility and of course, geopolitical tensions. Saying that, we have progressed well across all business lines in 2023 and the demand for commercial aircraft remains strong as evidenced by more than 800 orders announced at the Paris Air Show this summer. He adds: “Airbus continues to invest in our supply chain network, spending £3.9bn on goods and services last year in the UK with around 3,000 suppliers right across the country, 50% of which were SMEs. This gives us a solid degree of resilience in our supply chain as we execute our ramp-up on all commercial aircraft programmes (A220, A320 family, widebody family). We announced that we intend to ramp up our A320 wing production in North Wales to an unprecedented 75 aircraft per month in 2026.” All good news, right? SMEs squeezed as production rates ramp-up The flipside of much higher production rates is pressure applied to SMEs in the supply chain – including MTD's readers. “In the supply chain, surviving the Covid-induced downturn was difficult; but as always predicted, for many smaller businesses surviving the upswing, with all the cash demands that brings, is at least as tough,” says industry veteran Andrew Churchill, of JJ Churchill in Market Bosworth. “Having cut employment during the downturn, a fifth of suppliers are now reporting vacancies and they have difficulty recruiting. There are currently 90,000 vacancies in the UK manufacturing sector.” He adds: “This, together with the much higher borrowing costs, higher energy bills, escalating raw material costs and often deferred capex investment means that many of the aerospace primes' suppliers will be the weak link when it comes to delivering the rate ramp-up.” It's a sadly familiar trend – the boom-bust cycle of the industry, while arguably far smoother today than the giddy 1980s-2010s, means SMEs struggle to grow into mid-sized companies with the critical mass and diversification to survive a big downturn without shedding staff and expertise. Despite the high vacancies, manufacturing created a lot of jobs in 2023. BAE Systems is on track to hire more than 2,600 new apprentices and graduates in 2023, a 43% increase on the careers intake in 2022. Manufacturing in the UK still employs 2.6 million people, which has remained reassuringly static for several years. It could be higher if the labour market was blessed with the skills and experience many engineering companies need. 2023 was disappointing for many companies and industry advocates who desperately want an industrial strategy with a long-term, 10+ year horizon. This elusive strategy, and a minister for manufacturing, have been heavily campaigned for on social media by people including Andrea Rodney, Managing Director at Hone-All Precision in Leighton Buzzard. Sadly, and staggeringly, the government “still fails to recognise the damage that the lack of a cogent long-term industrial strategy does to sector investment. The UK is the only major economy not to consider this as important,” Andrew Churchill says. In the automotive industry, all the numbers are up, up, up on 2022 – and praise the Lord. In August, the latest month with complete numbers, total car manufacturing was up nearly 12% on 2022 (to date), and car exports were up 14.4%. Commercial vehicles up 14.4% on 2022 to August, and exports were up 23%. Over 450,00 cars were built here in the first six months of 2023 (Source: all the SMMT). As reported in October, the rapid expansion of clean energy, electric cars and heat pumps means that energy-related CO2 emissions are likely to peak by 2025, according to the International Energy Agency. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. One can always find numbers to support your argument – or discredit it. While recovery is still the watchword for 2023, some numbers tell a different story. Figures and news from automotive, aerospace, medical and oil & gas sectors support the upswing. But the number of companies trading in manufacturing, across all sub-sectors, has fallen in 2023 since 2021 by 3% or 4,265 companies. That's a lot of firms to lose in two years. The biggest category for insolvencies: “Manufacture of fabricated metal products; except machinery and equipment. This is down 15% or a whopping 4,195 companies. It doesn't quite match the message of record order books in aerospace (aircraft and engines) and the storming return in automotive as seen above, as well as the high growth in electric vehicles – 23.2% of all new cars in the UK are either electric or plug-in hybrid,” says ZapMap. The curate's egg: Manufacturing in 2024 So will 2024 fare better than 2023? Paul McKinlay emphasises Airbus' strong pipeline, as it ramps up to 75 aircraft per month. “In being clear and communicative with our supply chain network about this pace, we're laying the groundwork for ensuring quality performance and missing parts reduction.” But he adds: “However, the challenges we've seen in 2023 are likely to bleed into 2024. We need to see greater support for our UK SMEs partners, giving them the financial security they need to scale operations. That's how the UK will be able to drive competitiveness over the next decade.” Andrew Churchill's 2024 glass is half-full, as he concludes: “Despite the ‘curate's-egg' that UK manufacturing represents, I remain optimistic. For the first time in six years, we have climbed the world ranking of manufacturing nations from 9th to 8th – overtaking France, 41% of all UK R&D is from the manufacturing sector and our goods account for an amazing 49% of total UK exports. Just think what we could achieve with a long-term industrial strategy, affordable and secure industrial energy, a full review of the Apprenticeship Levy and a clear path to helping manufacturers de-carbonise!” Just think…. Are you listening Sir Keir Starmer?

Welcome to this weeks Success is a System with Mike Greene!  In this episode Mike speaks with Charlotte Horobin, the newly appointed CEO of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, who brings an impressive track record of achievements to her role. During her ten-year tenure at Make UK, where she served as Membership Director for the Midlands and East region, Charlotte made significant contributions to the industrial and business sectors. She oversaw the rapid growth of the membership base, representing manufacturing, engineering, and technology-related industries. Furthermore, her involvement extended to various leadership roles and board memberships in regional organizations, including the West Midlands Growth Company and the Midlands Engine Partnership. Charlotte's accomplishments demonstrate her ability to drive growth and engage effectively in regional economic development. Get ready for a jam packed episode as Mike and Charlotte discuss her Systems for Success! 

The manufacturing industry's views vary significantly on place-based economic incentives with many believing that these policies lead to winners and losers, with growth in one area coming at a cost to another. There is a lot to be considered about place-based initiatives and whether the policies can ultimately offer long-term economic growth to the whole of the UK. These possibilities and challenges are discussed by RSM and Make UK in their new report called Manufacturing Growth: Building a Competitive Business Environment. Listen to this podcast, presented by Jonty Bloom, and with Fhaheen Khan, Senior Economist for Make UK and Mike Thornton, Partner and Head of Manufacturing at RSM, for the third and final theme arising from their research, on place-based incentives.

The manufacturing industry is calling for a major MOT of the business tax and regulatory system in the UK, which will boost investment in the UK. They want the Chancellor to overhaul the system in his forthcoming Autumn statement. The call comes on the back of a major report into the industry by RSM and Make UK called Manufacturing Growth: Building a Competitive Business Environment. Listen to this podcast, presented by Jonty Bloom, and with Fhaheen Khan, Senior Economist for Make UK and Rachel Milloy, Associate Director for RSM, for more about business's views on the tax and regulatory system.

The manufacturing industry thinks that regional and national infrastructure has got worse in the last decade and say a lack of good infrastructure is a barrier to accessing labour and skills – holding back key investment and growth for manufacturers. The views come from a major report into the industry by RSM and Make UK called Manufacturing Growth: Building a Competitive Business Environment. Listen to this podcast, presented by Jonty Bloom, and with Fhaheen Khan, Senior Economist for Make UK and Mike Thornton, Partner and Head of Manufacturing at RSM, for more about business's views on infrastructure.

As the Armed Forces struggle to recruit and retain the people and skills they need, a major review is recommending a radical rethink of British military life and careers.The Haythornethwaite review found the forces need to do better at making their people feel valued.It was commissioned by the Defence Secretary to study ‘incentivisation' for servicemen and women.Sitrep talks to the review's military adviser, retired Lieutenant General Sir Nick Pope, to ask whether flexible working can work for the forces, why the internet really matters to people, and whether pay should be based on skills rather than rank.

As the Armed Forces struggle to recruit and retain the people and skills they need, a major review is recommending a radical rethink of British military life and careers.The Haythornethwaite review found the forces need to do better at making their people feel valued.It was commissioned by the Defence Secretary to study ‘incentivisation' for servicemen and women.Sitrep talks to the review's military adviser, retired Lieutenant General Sir Nick Pope, to ask whether flexible working can work for the forces, why the internet really matters to people, and whether pay should be based on skills rather than rank.

With our favourite UK artists back in release mode, this week we chatted about UK music: what we miss, what's missing and our hopes for the future.

Make UK is the largest voice supporting UK manufacturing. Charlotte Horobin's role as Region Director is to engage Make UK's members and assist them in advancing as a manufacturer by providing bespoke introductions, providing industry insight, attendance at events & networking, promoting their business and ensuring their views are heard. In this fascinating episode, Marcus talks to Charlotte about how the manufacturing sector is developing and changing, particularly in relation to the challenges facing the industry including: supply chain, rising energy prices and a shift to digitalisation.Subscribe to the FuturePrint podcast nowVisit the FuturePrint websiteVisit the Make UK websiteConnect with Charlotte Horobin on LinkedInConnect with Marcus Timson on LinkedIn

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, powered by Senseye, an industry leader in using AI to drive scalable and sustainable asset performance and reliability. For this three part series, I'm joined by Jim Davison and Nina Gryf from Make UK, who champion engineering and manufacturing in the United Kingdom. In the third and final episode of this series, we look at how manufacturers can solve issues around skill shortages and some of technologies that will be driving manufacturing in 2023. Please subscribe via your favorite podcast provider if you'd like to be notified about future episodes and it would mean a lot if you could let us know your feedback by leaving us a review. You can find out more about how Senseye can reduce unplanned downtime and contribute towards improved sustainability within your manufacturing plants, by visiting Senseye.IO. Thanks a lot for listening. Additional resources Listen to the Trend Detection podcast: https://anchor.fm/trend-detection-senseye Be notified about future episodes: https://www.senseye.io/newsletter-sign-up Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseye-ltd For more information, about Senseye, visit: https://www.senseye.io/

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, powered by Senseye, an industry leader in using AI to drive scalable and sustainable asset performance and reliability. For this three part series, I'm joined by Jim Davison and Nina Gryf from Make UK, who champion engineering and manufacturing in the United Kingdom. In the second episode, we looked at some of the big success stories from manufacturing in 2022. Please subscribe via your favorite podcast provider if you'd like to be notified about future episodes and it would mean a lot if you could let us know your feedback by leaving us a review. You can find out more about how Senseye can reduce unplanned downtime and contribute towards improved sustainability within your manufacturing plants, by visiting Senseye.IO. Thanks a lot for listening. Additional resources Listen to the Trend Detection podcast: https://anchor.fm/trend-detection-senseye Be notified about future episodes: https://www.senseye.io/newsletter-sign-up Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseye-ltd For more information, about Senseye, visit: https://www.senseye.io/

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, powered by Senseye, an industry leader in using AI to drive scalable and sustainable asset performance and reliability. For this three part series, I'm joined by Jim Davison and Nina Gryf from Make UK, who champion engineering and manufacturing in the United Kingdom. In the first episode of this series, we discussed the main challenges manufacturers faced in 2022. Please subscribe via your favorite podcast provider if you'd like to be notified about future episodes and it would mean a lot if you could let us know your feedback by leaving us a review. You can find out more about how Senseye can reduce unplanned downtime and contribute towards improved sustainability within your manufacturing plants, by visiting Senseye.IO. Thanks a lot for listening. Additional resources Listen to the Trend Detection podcast: https://anchor.fm/trend-detection-senseye Be notified about future episodes: https://www.senseye.io/newsletter-sign-up Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senseye-ltd For more information, about Senseye, visit: https://www.senseye.io/

Liz Truss will be Britain's new Prime Minister. She will inherit one of the weakest economies in Europe and certainly one heading in the wrong direction. What will Trusseneomics look like? To discuss with Joe this morning was Andrew Sentence is a renowned economist who used to set interest rates for the Uk within the Bank of England's Monetary policy committee and also Seamus Nevin from Make-UK.

Bloomberg's UK political editor Kitty Donaldson lays out the week in Westminster ahead of two by-elections. James Brougham from Make UK tells Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts the government needs to give manufacturers a support package before parliament's summer recess. Plus: Bloomberg Opinion columnist Julian Lee on where the £100 to fill your car really goes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inflation is higher than most countries in Europe and growth the slowest in the G7 group of large economies. Added to that there could be a trade war with its biggest trading partner. Things don't look great for the UK at the moment. But some of the causes are very much self-inflicted. For more on this Joe spoke to Seamus Nevin who is the chief economist with Make UK which represents British manufacturers.

Last month, in the Queen's speech, the government announced plans to bring in new legislation to "strengthen" the UK's financial services industry and ensure it acts "in the interest of all people and communities". This will be achieved through a financial services and markets bill which will be introduced the coming year.In this week's podcast, FTAdviser deputy editor Damian Fanato speaks to Langcat director of public affairs Tom McPhail and Pimfa director of government relations and policy Tim Fassam on future of the financial services market bill and what the impact will be. The FTAdviser Podcast is the weekly podcast for financial advisers, brought to you by FTAdviser. Each week, FTAdviser is joined by guests from the industry to discuss the week in news and pressing industry issues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Warren Buffett famously heralded cybercrime as a bigger threat to humanity than nuclear weapons. Whether you agree or not, cybercrime is becoming the number one concern for companies worldwide. In a time of rapid digitalisation, spurred on by the global pandemic, we discuss how vulnerable organisations are to cyber attacks and how they can shore up their defences in the face of sluggish government legislation and ever-advancing cyber adversaries. Mitch Scherr, CEO of Assured Cyber Protection, shares his industry-insider perspective on the most common threats and impacts faced by business at large and gives context to what the next five years in a cyber future looks like. Alongside Mitch, Brian Holliday MD of Siemens Digital Industries UK & Ireland, shines light on the potential competitive advantage to be had in the cyber security environment and Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK, gives a call to arms for awareness amongst the manufacturing sector as both technology and human factors play their part amid rapid digitalisation.Our sources for the show: Statista, Forbes, UK Government, IBM, Accenture, The Guardian, WEFThis content is paid for by advertisers and is produced in partnership with the Financial Times' Commercial Department. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our latest Electronic Specifier Insights podcast, we spoke to Charlotte Horobin, Region Director - Midlands & East of England at Make UK all about how the UK can make the most of manufacturing and how they're inspiring the next generation

Energy regulator Ofgem is warning of "tougher" times as it considers shaking up the price cap. Plus, hear from Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary about airline trade ahead of a potentially busy summer schedule. And the boss of Make UK joins Ian to discuss changes within the supply chain as manufacturers try to cut down costs.

Andrew Ward, Make UK revealed £14bn annually is lost a year in industry from mental health issues affecting the workforce. Now 80% of HR directors say that wellbeing has shot up their importance ladder in terms of business priorities.

Dr Shaun Lundy, Director for Strategy & Innovation, Tetra Consultancy – Shaun, who works closely as an adviser to Make UK, speaks on best practice and what businesses can be doing to improve their support. He looks at best practice including wellbeing programmes put in place by BT and GlaxoSmithKline who have made great inroads into work in care for their employees in the wellbeing space. Culture change is key to making an impact in, its not just a matter of offering support, senior staff within a business need to buy into it to make any initiative a success.

For the latest episode we were delighted to be joined by the Chief Executive of Centre for London, Nick Bowes. Nick was most recently the Mayoral Director of Policy at the Greater London Authority. Nick has previously worked at the Royal Society, EEF (now Make UK) and the CBI. We talked about the work of the Centre for London, the challenges for the capital and TfL as well as No Time To Die….You can find out more about the work of Centre for London here and you can watch the TfL Roundtable here. 

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, powered by Senseye, an industry leader in using AI to drive scalable and sustainable asset performance and reliability. In Part 2 of our series looking ahead at what's in store for manufacturers in 2022, I'm joined again by Jim Davison and Fhaheen Khan from Make UK. In the final episode of this series, we discussed the growing importance of technology in manufacturing and whether manufacturers see servitization as a big opportunity in 2022. It's encouraging to hear that digitalization is high on the agenda for manufacturers in 2022. But not just for the big players – Fhaheen's example of an SME creating their products using a 3D printer in their bedroom before scaling up is nothing short of inspiring and just shows how digital can reduce or even remove the barriers of entry to a market. Please subscribe via your favourite podcast provider if you'd like to be notified about future episodes and let us know your feedback by leaving us a review. You can find out more about how Senseye can reduce unplanned downtime and contribute towards improved sustainability within your manufacturing plants, by visiting senseye.io. Thanks a lot for listening. Show Notes Is Your Sector Ripe for Servitization? Download white paper here A Deep Dive into Servitization - Part 1 - With Dr Parikshit Naik - Listen to podcast here Download Make UK/PWC Executive Survey 2022 report

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, powered by Senseye, an industry leader in using AI to drive scalable and sustainable asset performance and reliability. For this 2-part series, I'm joined by Jim Davison and Fhaheen Khan from Make UK. In the first episode of this series, we look ahead to some of the key trends that are going to affect manufacturing in 2022 and discuss the results of Make UK's annual executive survey. Despite the effects of the pandemic and Brexit, what is so great to hear is how positive manufacturers are feeling about the opportunities that lay in front of them in 2022 of which there are many as Jim and Fhaheen mentioned. One big opportunity for manufacturers is encouraging more women into the industry. It was inspiring to hear Jim's example of a UK manufacturer, who are already leading the way by ensuring half of their apprentices every year are female. Please subscribe via your favourite podcast provider if you'd like to be notified about future episodes and let us know your feedback by leaving us a review. You can find out more about how Senseye can reduce unplanned downtime and contribute towards improved sustainability within your manufacturing plants, by visiting senseye.io. Thanks a lot for listening. Show Notes Download Make UK/PWC Executive Survey 2022 report

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, powered by Senseye, an industry leader in using AI to drive scalable and sustainable asset performance and reliability. In Part 2 of our series looking back at the biggest challenges manufacturers faced in 2021, I'm joined again by Jim Davison and Fhaheen Khan from Make UK. In the final episode of this series, we discuss the impact of Brexit and how manufacturers can use Green Skills to help meet their sustainability targets. Please subscribe via your favorite podcast provider if you'd like to be notified about future episodes and let us know your feedback by leaving us a review. You can find out more about how Senseye can reduce unplanned downtime and contribute towards improved sustainability within your manufacturing plants, by visiting Senseye.io. Thanks a lot for listening. Episode notes Green Skills Principles: https://www.makeuk.org/insights/publications/green-skills-guiding-principles Senseye's Sustainability in Manufacturing report: https://www.senseye.io/sustainability-in-manufacturing-download

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, powered by Senseye, an industry leader in using AI to drive scalable and sustainable asset performance and reliability. For this 2-part series, I'm joined by Jim Davison and Fhaheen Khan from Make UK who represent manufacturers in the United Kingdom. In the first episode of this series, we discuss the key trends that have affected manufacturing in 2021 and the challenges they have faced. Please subscribe via your favorite podcast provider if you'd like to be notified about future episodes and let us know your feedback by leaving us a review. You can find out more about how Senseye can reduce unplanned downtime and contribute towards improved sustainability within your manufacturing plants, by visiting Senseye.io. Thanks a lot for listening.

Make UK & BDO Manufacturing Outlook 2021 Q3

The British defence sector will play a key role in maximising the success of the UK economy, according to a report by Make UK, in partnership with Raytheon UK. In our latest podcast, Jonty Bloom speaks with Andrew Kinniburgh, Director at Make UK Defence, Andrew Hattam, Head of Supply Chain at Raytheon UK, and Alan Tovey, Industry Editor at The Daily Telegraph, about what more can be done to free up the sector, seize export opportunities and encourage the all-important SME sector.

With the rise of digital technologies and global interconnectivity, the manufacturing sector faces a new level of complexity. Nearly half of manufacturers have been the victim of cyber-crime, with the sector now the third most targeted for attack. We discuss the risks of cyber security for smart factory adoption and the steps manufacturers can take to protect their business. Your host Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by Aaron Maran, Policy Manager at Make UK, and Bia Bedri, Industrial Products Cyber Leader at Deloitte UK.      

The Make UK/BDO quarterly manufacturing outlook survey for the first second months of 2021 shows that the sector is beginning a sustained and strong bounce back, even earlier than hoped. As Jonty Bloom explains in his latest podcast output volumes are the highest ever recorded, with both British and export orders rebounding. Hello and welcome to this Make UK podcast in conjunction with the business advisors BDO. We have all the details on the latest in depth survey of British manufacturing industry. This shows that output and orders are improving, employment prospects have improved and overall the growth forecast for manufacturing has been increased yet again, this time doubling and it is now expected to reach 7.8% for the whole year. To discuss the survey I am joined by James Broom (Brougham) senior economist at Make UK and Richard Austin head of manufacturing at BDO and I started by asking James whether manufacturing had been expected to bounce back this quickly.. Richard Austin and James Broom on the latest Make UK BDO survey, a big thank you to them and to you for listening--you can find the full report on Make UK's website. I'm Jonty Bloom and I'll be back with more podcasts soon.

The world of design and manufacturing is digitizing at an exponential rate. Whilst keeping abreast of changes might represent a challenge to some, it also presents a great opportunity for businesses to rethink traditional value propositions and apply them to new products, markets or even business models in timescales once thought of as impossible. But how do we get there? To explore this topic, Asif Moghal is joined by Charlotte Horobin, regional director across the Midlands and East for Make UK, and Ralf H. Komor, from Komor Interim Management. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Felix Thompson gives a breakdown of the major stories in trade and trade finance news this week. Rabobank plans to streamline its trade and commodity finance offering by terminating operations in London, Shanghai and Sydney, GTR can reveal. Pressure is mounting against fintech firm Triterras over the transactions taking place on its blockchain-based trade finance platform Kratos. In its 16th annual Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum has stressed the inequalities and challenges that countries and their exporters face in their recovery from the pandemic. Senior reporter John Basquill also provides a closer analysis of a new Make UK and PwC report looking at British manufacturers' main risks this year, and explains why the new UK-EU trade agreement ranks top of their concerns. Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for his track Loopster, taken from incompetech.com. Licensed under creative commons by attribution 3.0 license. Further music credit to Sunrise Drive by South London HiFi. Licensed under creative commons Attribution 4.0 License. Music promoted by CopyrightFree.org  

In this "Brexit Musing," we will hear from Ollie Welch of FTIs Public Affairs Practice along with Jim Huish who heads up the EMEA Export Controls and Sanctions Practice both based in London.  Ollie and Jim will walk us through the impact of Brexit on in the Export Controls and Sanctions arena in relation to industry, measures already taken and some of the practical implications that are fast becoming focus areas in the build up to the end of the year.Jim Huish is a Managing Director and the EMEA Leader of the Export Controls & Sanctions offering in the Forensic & Litigation Consulting (FLC) segment at FTI CONSULTING, and he is based in London.  Jim specializes in international trade compliance including customs compliance, supply chain security, export controls, economic sanctions, antiboycott, and related US and global regulations. Jim helps his clients build or enhance their trade compliance programs through a practical approach to procedural enhancements, audits, and trainings that are properly benchmarked. Having worked across multiple industry sectors he is able to provide both proactive and reactive solutions to clients, balancing these multi-jurisdictional laws and regulations with the practical realities of implementing sustainable solutions into the day-to-day operations of the company. Prior to FTI Consulting, Jim held various positions in large multinationals in various compliance positions in the telecom, power management, aerospace and defence, and high-tech sectors. He served as the Regional Compliance Director with a telecommunications manufacturer where he led compliance efforts in Europe and Russia under intense government scrutiny including multiple government-imposed monitors. Jim started his career in industry, spent six years in consulting, including leading the European export controls practice for a Big 4 firm, and then went back into industry, where he was responsible for defining and implementing compliance programs following legacy compliance breaches.Ollie Welch is a Senior Director in FTI CONSULTING's Public Affairs practice in London where he works closely with clients in the industrial sector on matters of UK government policy and engagement. His clients operate across a number of highly-regulated sectors and he specialises in the challenges of public procurement, technology integration and digitisation, and international trade with a particular focus on Brexit. Ollie began his career in the Civil Service, mostly with the Ministry of Defence where he was variously responsible for issues of armed forces procurement policy, including single source procurement and international acquisition. He supported the delivery of both the 2010 and 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Reviews and served as private secretary to the Defence Procurement Minister. His final posting was a Head of Exportability, where he was responsible for developing and executing the MOD's policy to ensure that capability procurement supports strategic industrial objectives. Between leaving the Civil Service and joining FTI Consulting, Ollie spent two years with Make UK, the national association for manufacturing, where he led policy work relating to new technologies, digitisation and security. Working closely with business at all levels from prime contractor to SME on broad issues and individual business concerns, Ollie specialised in the particular set of policy, regulatory and communications challenges in the defence, aerospace and security sectors. In this capacity he has sat on Ministerial working groups, contributed directly to Government-led policy formulation and has given evidence to the National Security Select Committee.

With the acceleration of digital transformation, how is industry tackling the urgent digital skills agenda? In this episode, we explore digital transformation and how it is playing out, the impact of COVID-19 on skills training and development, the skills challenges businesses are facing and the government support needed to drive forward the right digital skills not only now but also for the future. Our guest speakers are Tim Thomas, Employment and Skills Policy Director at Make UK, Dr Simon Farrall, Head of Apprentice and Associate Training at BMW Group UK, Dr Keith Schofield, Associate Dean: Future Students and Product Development at Aston University and Andrea Rodney, Director at Hone-All Precision Ltd.

Tim Figures, director of technology, sustainability and innovation at Make UK, asks if the UK is doing enough to support SMEs through digital transformation. Join him and Mike Loughran as they discuss the latest policy paper from Make UK (https://bit.ly/2BbZueC), which suggests significant improvements that will help the UK to bounce back smarter from the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim also invites listeners to take part in Make UK's 2020 Innovation Monitor survey (https://bit.ly/2Ya55uW).

Andrew's 20 years of experience cover a broad range of communication and public affairs practice. His experience ranges from proactive and responsive media handling to strategy, operations and team leadership. Most recently, Andrew was the Director of Media and Social Media with a major NSW Government Department, building and leading teams of media and content specialists to support the Department and its Ministers on issues including: Planning, Energy, Water, Mining, Resources, Skills, International Trade, Small Business, Regional Economic Development, Infrastructure, Housing, Tourism, Industry Support, Crown Lands, Indigenous Affairs, Liquor Gaming and Racing, and the Arts.  Prior to Government, Andrew held senior positions in financial services and not-for-profit organisations. He began his career as an industry advocate and lobbyist in London. He was Head of Communications for the British Chambers of Commerce as well as Campaigns and Government Relations Manager for MAKE UK, the peak body for engineering, manufacturing and technology companies. Alongside his undergraduate degree, he has a Masters in Public Administration.   Discussed in this episode: How Government might move to better meet citizen expectations The implications of the 24/7 news cycle Moving to a more agile, digital Government Fast tracking great ideas and navigating complex approval processes Minimising risk and maximising opportunity in government communications Moving from a broadcast to narrowcast channels Andrew's advice for all Government communicators Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution and data has taken centre stage as a gateway commodity for future business success. Getting the right finance solutions in place to ensure your business can grow, innovate and remain competitive in the global markets is key in any sector, but has come to the forefront as an issue for manufacturing companies in the UK. Given recent developments in the economy and Brexit, in this episode we welcome Tim Figures, Make UK's Director of Technology, Sustainability and Innovation as well as Mike Thornton, RSM's Head of Manufacturing to talk through some of the issues faced by manufacturing businesses in the current economic climate. From productivity to digitisation - listen in to discover more about these challenges.

Industry 4.0 is here to stay. In our latest podcast David Woakes, Group Business Development Manager for Jonathan Lee Recruitment, sets out how SMEs can diversify skillsets in their business to stay ahead of the game. * NB. Since recording, the EEF has rebranded to Make UK.