Manufacturers to review industry future
West Midlands manufacturers are being urged to have their say on the future of industry support. The Manufacturing Advisory Service – West Midlands (MAS-WM) is asking firms to respond to the government’s Advanced Manufacturing Growth Review before the deadline closes in February.
The review outlines the ambitions for manufacturing and sets out the main competitive strengths on which the UK can build. It also examines the major long-term growth opportunities.
Simon Griffiths, chief executive of MAS-WM, said: “This document sets out the action the government is taking to provide the right business environment, the key competitive strengths on which we can build, and examines the long-term growth opportunities and challenges.
“What we want to do as an organisation is to make sure that manufacturers in our region know about this framework and are given every opportunity to comment on the plans.
“There will never be a better opportunity for firms, working at the coal face, to have their views fed into the decision making process so they actually influence policy that will evolve over the next decade.
“We have already had a £50m commitment to enhance the Manufacturing Advisory Service and a further £600,000 is being invested in a two year automation and robotics programme that will deliver greater productivity and increase precision performance.”
